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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) Silk
(b) Foam
(c) Gold
(d) Sponge

2. What is the piano tuners real name?
(a) Wurzel
(b) Jean-Yves
(c) Davide
(d) Jean Claude

3. Who does the husband say his house keeper used to be?
(a) His nanny
(b) A countess
(c) His foster mother
(d) A princess

4. Where does the husband lay his wife's head?
(a) On the table
(b) On a wooden block
(c) On a stone
(d) On a chair

5. What thought calms the young wife?
(a) That she still loves her husband
(b) That the piano tuner is still in the house
(c) That her husband is leaving for New York
(d) That she is no longer a virgin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife say her husband presses her to?

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

3. Who does the young wife call in to thank?

4. What does the young wife say her husband's chuckle sounds like?

5. What does the husband say while lighting his cigar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think the piano is the only character Carter gives a name to?

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

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

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

6. In what ways does the young wife romanticize her marriage to the Marquis?

7. Why do you think music is so important to the young wife?

8. How does Carter use color in the novella?

9. Describe the piano tuners background.

10. Why does the husband looking at his wife 'like horse flesh' take her breath away?

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