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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 young girl imagine the castle walls are made from?
(a) Foam
(b) Silk
(c) Sponge
(d) Gold

2. Where does the young lady find the hidden spring?
(a) Under the desk
(b) On the floor
(c) Under a shelf
(d) In a little drawer

3. How did her husband's last wife die?
(a) A boating accident
(b) Flu
(c) Committed suicide
(d) Died giving birth

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

5. What does the young wife think will happen if she continues playing the piano?
(a) She will hynoptize her husband
(b) She will become a virgin again
(c) She will attract the police
(d) She will fall out of love

Short Answer Questions

1. What chills the young wife's thighs?

2. What does the husband want her to do with the keys?

3. How long does the young wife practice for?

4. What does the young wife smell when she steps off the train?

5. How long has her husband's forefather's ruled the coast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do you think the girl means to the Marquis?

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

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

5. What is a Marquis?

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

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

8. Why do you think the story constantly harks back to past times?

9. Describe the piano tuners background.

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

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