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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. Who requests to paint Maria?

2. Where does Maria go to find great adventure?

3. What topic does Maria want to become more educated on?

4. What happens to Maria's first love?

5. What does Maria do after the Arab man returns to his country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Maria does to become better educated about her new profession?

2. What is Maria's financial situation like when she arrives in Geneva?

3. What does Maria struggle with after she adapts to prostitution?

4. Describe Maria's first kiss.

5. Describe Maria's relationship with the Arab man.

6. Describe Maria's calculations of the time she spends with a customer.

7. Describe why Maria leaves her hometown in Brazil.

8. Describe what the girls at Copacabana advise Maria on and her reaction to it?

9. Describe what Maria does to help her depression during her period of no work.

10. Describe how Maria and the man she meets on the beach overcome their language barrier.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Maria's mentality of what a woman's role is with that of the mentality of most women living in the twenty-first century.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the initial intimate experiences Maria has with Ralf with those that Maria has with Terence.

Essay Topic 3

What does the library represent to Maria? Explain how the library symbolizes her own dreams and desires?

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