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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cryptic word is scrawled on the Tristan score?
(a) Soon
(b) After...
(c) Until...
(d) Yes

2. Where does the young wife find a photograph of her husband's last wife?
(a) In her husband's wallet
(b) A newspaper
(c) On the back of a milk carton
(d) A society magazine

3. In what part of the opera made the young wife's heart ache?
(a) The middle act
(b) The Liebestod
(c) The epilogue
(d) The final act

4. What does the young wife say her husband smells of?
(a) Old spices
(b) Russian leather
(c) Camembert
(d) Onions

5. What does the young wife have for breakfast?
(a) French toast
(b) Gammon and eggs
(c) Cinnamon toast
(d) Croissants and coffee

6. Why does the husband like his wife in her white muslin?
(a) It makes her look virginal
(b) It exposes her delicate hips
(c) She looks comfortable in it
(d) Her breasts show thorogh the flimsy stuff

7. Why does the young wife think no one will believe her?
(a) She cannot speak their language
(b) She is just a white-faced girl from Paris
(c) She is a reknowned liar
(d) She is too young

8. What does the young wife think when the husband slips off her jacket?
(a) Enough
(b) Finally
(c) Hurry up
(d) When do we finish

9. Who does the husband say he has taken onto his staff?
(a) A piano tuner
(b) A piano teacher
(c) A violinist
(d) A handmaid

10. What does the postcard say it is a typical scene of?
(a) Brno
(b) Riga
(c) Yorkshire
(d) Transylvania

11. How did the mother pay for the young wife's music education?
(a) Worked as a barmaid
(b) Worked the streets
(c) Sold her jewellery
(d) Sold her house

12. What does the young wife do after breakfast?
(a) Goes for a walk
(b) Goes for a swim
(c) Settles down to her piano
(d) Cries

13. How long does the young wife say the desk is?
(a) Six foot
(b) Two meters
(c) Half a mile
(d) One kilometer

14. What does the young wife say is on all the walls?
(a) Blood
(b) Mirrors
(c) Photographs of her
(d) Horse shoes

15. What does the maid bring the young wife for breakfast?
(a) Hot chocolate
(b) Cereal
(c) Warm rolls
(d) Yoghurt

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the young wife describe the keys her husband gives her?

2. Who does the young wife say used to tie red ribbons around their necks?

3. Why can the young wife not socialize with the servants?

4. What does the young wife compare her husband stripping her to?

5. Where is the room the husband does not want his wife to go?

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