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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of Lena's friend who tells stories of his job and of his roommate's lustiness in "A Model?"
(a) Singer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Model.
(d) Prostitute.

2. What would happen when Bijou would walk alone in the streets?
(a) Animals would run away from her.
(b) Women would throw things at her.
(c) Police would try to arrest her for prostitution.
(d) Men would follow her.

3. Why does Reynolds refuse to sleep with the narrator/model in "A Model?"
(a) He has taken a vow of chastity for his art.
(b) He has a sexually transmitted disease.
(c) He does not wish to get her pregnant and risk an abortion.
(d) He is a homosexual.

4. In what city does "Mandra" take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York City.
(d) Madrid.

5. What does Rango do to Hilda when he takes her back to his cart?
(a) Plays a song for her.
(b) Kisses her all over.
(c) Reads to her.
(d) Massages her legs and feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mandra do to Miriam on the drive at the end of "Mandra?"

2. In "A Model," why does the mother's friend believe the narrator could be a model?

3. According to "The Queen," to what event does Bijou invite the painter?

4. How does Jan redirect Laura's attention from the ceiling at the end of "the Chanchiquito?"

5. In "A Model," while posing for the South American painter, the narrator is posed on a dummy of what animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hilda change throughout the course of this story?

2. How does Jan seduce Laura at the end of this story?

3. Describe the scene where the painter decorates Bijou.

4. How are Paul and Miriam full of "aristocratic impudence?"

5. How does the painter know Bijou is faithless at the Art Ball?

6. What pictures does Jan draw on the ceiling and why?

7. In "The Chanchiquito", what happens to the old lady in Laura's uncle's story?

8. How does the narrator compare her attractiveness to Miriam's appeal?

9. What reasons does Fay's husband give for not making love to her on their wedding night in the story "Saffron"?

10. How does the painter view Bijou?

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