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

2. In "A Model," why does the mother's friend believe the narrator could be a model?
(a) The narrator can contort her body.
(b) The narrator has a skill for stillness.
(c) The narrator has an exceptionally lovely body.
(d) The narrator has an unusual face.

3. What does Mandra do to Miriam on the drive at the end of "Mandra?"
(a) Reveals Miriam's indiscretions to her husband.
(b) Secretly stimulates her to orgasm.
(c) Injects her with heroin.
(d) Promises to run away with her to Europe.

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

5. Fill in the blank for this quote from "Mandra:" "[Miriam and Paul's] obsession [is] with the word that is the key to society--everything must be "________."
(a) Perfection.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Smart.
(d) Rich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Rango's occupation?

3. How does the story "Hilda and Rango" end?

4. How does Mandra describe her beauty in relation to Miriam's natural beauty?

5. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rango treat Hilda after their first, failed sexual encounter?

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

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

4. How does the painter view Bijou?

5. For what reasons is the narrator and the mysterious man at the end of "A Model" drawn together, eventually becoming lovers?

6. Describe the relationship the narrator from "A Model" forms with Reynolds while they are in the countryside.

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

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

9. What leads up to Albert finally making love to his wife?

10. Describe Rango.

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