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In Bitter Moon

1. When Fiona says that she and Nigel are going to Istanbul and Bombay, where does Mimi say that she and Oscar are going? (Answer)

2. According to Fiona, what is "bad for an old married couple"? (Answer)

3. What has Nigel been tapping in Fiona for years? (Answer)

4. What doesn't Nigel need from Fiona in order to spend an afternoon with Oscar, listening to sordid details? (Answer)

5. What is a better form of marital therapy than a trip to India? (Answer)

6. What pops out after Oscar licks Mimi's breasts in the infamous milk scene? (Answer)

7. What did Dado claim he had done for 48 hours nonstop? (Answer)

8. What does Dado want to get into when it comes to Fiona, according to Nigel? (Answer)

9. What is hanging out of Nigel when he looks at Mimi, according to Fiona? (Answer)

10. When Fiona is ill from the storm (or drinks with Dado), what does she say that Nigel likes her to do? Where is she crawling from when she delivers this line? (see plumbing references under The English Patient) (Answer)

11. What does Fiona say to Nigel when he asks "Do you think it's safe to drink on an empty stomach?" (If KST ever plays Christabel in Possession, there will be a lovely cross-reference here) (Answer)

12. How does Fiona get even with her husband for his lustful attraction to Mimi? (Answer)

13. What is the song being played by the band as Fiona backs up into Mimi on the dance floor? (see other dance references under The English Patient and slave references under The English Patient, Angels and Insects, and Belle epoque) (Answer)

  
 

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