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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. What meat does Rosencreutz serve Fevvers for dinner?
2. What other person come into the interview room in this chapter?
3. What type of animal is Sybil?
4. How does Fevvers claim she was born?
5. What does Walser compare Fevvers' room to?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way do you think it is significant that Walser is a clown?
2. How does Fevvers say she got her name?
3. Describe how Fevvers learns to fly?
4. What imagery does Carter use to describe the ice cream shop?
5. In what way has greed been an important theme in this novel so far?
6. How does darkness play an important part in book 1, chapter 4?
7. What pleases Walser about Fevvers in book, 2, chapter 8?
8. How does book 2, chapter 3 mark a transition in the relationship between Fevvers and Walser?
9. What does Fevver do during her first seven years at the brothel
10. Describe Mignon's life story.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the novel's plot.
1) Identify the main plot points of the story. How do they work towards a final resolution?
2) How does Carter use character to further the plot?
3) How does Carter use dialogue to further the plot.
Essay Topic 2
Examine Carter's writing style. How would you describe Carter's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Carter's style give to the story? Can you detect a distinct personality with her style?
Essay Topic 3
Carter represents a number of different cultures in her book including Shaman culture and Siberian tribal culture.
How accurate do you think Carter's representations of these cultures are? Do you think she subverts stereotypes? Are some representations more negative or positive than others?
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