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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 does the husband say the English call his private room?
(a) A public house
(b) A castle
(c) An inn
(d) A den

2. What chills the young wife's thighs?
(a) Her glass of cognac
(b) The sea breeze
(c) Her husband's presence
(d) The keys

3. Where does the husband keep his jewels?
(a) Under the floorboards
(b) In his safe
(c) In his shirt pocket
(d) In his study

4. How many husbands does the young wife say she sees?
(a) Nine
(b) A bakers dozen
(c) A dozen
(d) Three

5. What instrument does the young wife like to play?
(a) Harpsicord
(b) Piano
(c) Guitar
(d) Harp

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife say when the mother ask if she is sure she loves him?

2. How does the young wife know it is nearly time for her husband to leave?

3. From what material is the mother's dress made?

4. Where does the husband lay his wife's head?

5. Who does the wife say her husband is as rich as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a libertine?

2. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

3. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

4. What is the mother's role in the story?

5. Describe the castle setting.

6. Why do you think the Marquis stops what he is doing when the door is locked?

7. What is the significance of the key leaving a bloody heart on the young wife's forehead?

8. How does the young girl's father cast a shadow across the whole story?

9. What is the girl's reaction to seeing her husband's pornography?

10. What reason do you think the young wife cries to her mother?

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