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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 opera had the young wife heard her husband's first wife sing?
(a) Tristan
(b) Magic Flute
(c) Isolde
(d) Phantom of the Opera

2. What does the young wife say drove her on?
(a) Her father's love
(b) Excitement
(c) Her mother's spirit
(d) Curiousity

3. Who does the young see in the iron maiden?
(a) The Romanian Countess
(b) Her mother
(c) Her husband
(d) The house keeper

4. Where do the couple hold their wedding?
(a) The Monet Hall
(b) The Eiffel Tower
(c) The Mairie
(d) Celia Palais

5. What do they say doomed the Romanian wife?
(a) Marriage
(b) Love
(c) Absinthe
(d) Heroin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife say the castle's moat is?

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

3. What does the young wife say she needs to continue her music studies?

4. What does the maid squeeze the orange juice into?

5. What word does the young wife use to describe her bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the young wife is so quick to call the piano tuner her young lover?

2. Is it significant that the young girl compares her mother to Medusa?

3. Describe what an iron maiden is.

4. Why does the young wife show little surprise that her mother is riding across the beach to save her?

5. How does Carter use color in the novella?

6. Why does the girl decide to enter the private room?

7. How do you think the Marquis has gotten away for so long with the murders?

8. Do you think the Marquis's servant play a role in the Marquis' crimes?

9. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

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

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