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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 color does the wife's opal go in the flames?
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Orange

2. What was the name of the Romanian countess?
(a) Carmilla
(b) Lucille
(c) Helena
(d) Mara

3. What key does the husband ask his wife not to use?
(a) None of them
(b) The wine cellar key
(c) The one to his desk
(d) The last little one

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

5. Who is waiting for them at the station?
(a) A crowd of well wishers
(b) A friend
(c) A lawyer
(d) A Chauffer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife hear outside the room?

2. What brand of cigar does her husband light while watching her?

3. What does the wife think captivates her husband?

4. Who does the husband say he has taken onto his staff?

5. Where does the husband keep his jewels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the significance of the opal?

2. Why does the mother allow her young daughter to marry the Marquis when she has reservations about him?

3. What do you think the differences are between a novella and a novel?

4. Describe the young girl.

5. How do you think Brittany is different to the young wife's life in Paris?

6. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

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

8. In what way is Bloody Chamber a feminist story?

9. Do you think Carter represents the Marquis as unstable and crazy or just plain evil?

10. What do you think is the chronological setting of the novel?

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