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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 happens the day after Lina and the narrator visit Michel?
(a) Lina sleeps with the narrator.
(b) Lina leaves for Paris.
(c) Lina moves in with the narrator.
(d) Lina enters a convent.

2. What happens when Louis tries to make love to the woman on the beach?
(a) They are interrupted by her friend.
(b) A storm hits and they are forced to take cover.
(c) He loses his erection.
(d) He grows ill from swimming.

3. With what money does Manuel buy the exotic birds?
(a) Food money.
(b) Furniture money.
(c) Doctor money.
(d) Rent.

4. Why is the mysterious woman not afraid of Louis swimming with her?
(a) She knows him.
(b) She is attracted to him.
(c) Louis knows that she is already married and cannot be touched.
(d) He assures her he has no intentions.

5. Where does Manuel keep all of his new birds?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The terrace.
(c) The front room.
(d) The bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Michel burning when the narrator and Lina arrive at his apartment?

2. What does Louis discover when he awakens the morning after making love to the woman?

3. For what reasons does the tall woman's new friend find her attractive?

4. What sort of men tend to be attracted to Dorothy and her strength?

5. What occurs between Michel, Lina, and the narrator while at Michel's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens have Lina, Michel, and the narrator sleep together?

2. How do Novalis and Maria begin to grow apart?

3. How does Louis "court" the woman in the ocean before he tries to make love to her?

4. Describe the two mystery women in "Sirocco."

5. Why does Manuel dislike his apartment and how does his wife deal with it?

6. Describe Robert and Dorothy's relationship from the time to they meet until the time they first make love.

7. What happens at Robert and Dorothy's wedding?

8. Describe the night Louis shares with the woman he swims with during "the Woman on the Dunes."

9. In what ways does Lina try to seduce the narrator?

10. Why does Louis walk to the beach in "The Woman on the Dunes"?

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