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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Albert spend his honeymoon night with Faye?

2. In the eyes of the painter, what was Bijou, his favorite model, unable to do?

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

4. What, in particular, does Faye buy at the end of the story?

5. For what reason does Mandra initially decide against seducing Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary's life, from the story "Mandra"

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

3. In what ways is Mary described as being intensely sexual, yet frigid?

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

5. Describe the contrasts (physical and personality-wise) between Jan and Laura.

6. How is Hilda forced to deal with her relationship to the American writer?

7. Describe the scene where the painter decorates Bijou.

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

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

10. Describe some of the narrator's first modeling jobs, including her experienced with the artists in "A Model."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of innocence in "Little Birds" in the following format:

Part 1) The schoolgirls (and unsuspecting ladies) in "Little Birds."

Part 2) Maria in "the Maja."

Part 3) The narrator in "a Model."

Part 4) Jeannette in "Runaway."

Develop a clear thesis statement and apply it to these characters. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of feminism in this book in the following format:

Part 1) The woman's free sexuality in "the Woman on the Dunes."

Part 2) Hilda's submissiveness in "Hilda and Rango," as well as Rango's depicted violent nature.

Part 3) Mandra, Mary, and Miriam from "Mandra."

Part 4) The narrator of "a Model" and her decisions to control and defend her sexuality how she chooses.

Part 5) The Viking princess of "Sirocco" and her relationships with her husband and friend in Shanghai.

Develop a clear thesis statement and cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of artists and art in this book. Be sure that your answer covers how the occupation of some of these artists reflect upon their characters, temperament, and the author's tendency to portray the characters as bohemians, as well as how it relates to their sexuality. Besides this, also discuss times when these ideas are subverted with another character and how that relate to the portrayal of artists.

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