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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a chanchiquito do?
(a) Sticks its snout up a woman's skirt.
(b) Steals a person's hat.
(c) Steals a person's food.
(d) Attacks any dogs nearby.

2. According to "The Queen," to what event does Bijou invite the painter?
(a) Gallery opening.
(b) Society gala.
(c) Art Ball.
(d) Broadway opening.

3. What about Hilda's body amazes Rango?
(a) Her delicacy.
(b) Her strength.
(c) Her paleness.
(d) Her hourglass figure.

4. According to the painter, what infuses Bijou's body?
(a) Anger.
(b) Frostiness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Eroticism.

5. What instrument does Rango play?
(a) Banjo.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Drums.
(d) Piano.

6. What is the name of the narrator/model's boyfriend in "A Model?"
(a) Michel.
(b) Henry.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Stephen.

7. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?
(a) Burly.
(b) Hairy.
(c) Piglike.
(d) Wolflike.

8. In what line of work did Mary find herself in at times during her younger days in "Mandra?"
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Model.
(c) Barmaid.
(d) Chorus girl.

9. In what city was Fay born in "Saffron?"
(a) New York City.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Charleston.

10. For whom are Albert and Faye throwing a party?
(a) Their Spanish friends.
(b) Their African friends.
(c) Their relatives.
(d) The servants.

11. What position is Laura holding after Jan is done drawing on the ceiling?
(a) The pose of the drawn woman above them.
(b) The position of the Pieta.
(c) The pose of the Mona Lisa.
(d) The position of the Maja Desnuda.

12. What attribute of Faye's purchase for the party lingers on her?
(a) The scent.
(b) The flavor on her lips.
(c) The color.
(d) The cuts from the thorns.

13. To what mythological character does the painter compare Bijoul?
(a) Athena.
(b) Medusa.
(c) The Furies.
(d) Hera.

14. What does Hilda discover she must do with the American writer whenever she wants to have sex?
(a) She must bring in another woman.
(b) She must allow him to beat her slightly.
(c) She must schedule the time out in advance.
(d) She always has to make the first move.

15. What were characteristics of the American writer's work that attracted women (such as Hilda in "Hilda and Rango") to him?
(a) Sweet and caring.
(b) Fiery and intellectual.
(c) Violent and sensual.
(d) Thoughtful and philosphical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of the event for which the painter decorates Bijou?

2. Who does Paul wish to take the women to see in "Mandra?"

3. In Laura's mind during "the Chanchiquito," what forms images on the ceiling?

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

5. Why does Mary not want Mandra to meet her husband?

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