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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. How does the young wife describe her husband's flesh?
(a) Creamy and smooth
(b) Dark and oily
(c) White and heavy
(d) Tanned and sweaty

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

3. What companion does the young wife say she sleeps with?
(a) A glass of water and a fried egg sandwich
(b) The bats, the owl and the stars
(c) A dark newborn curiosity
(d) The company of loneliness

4. How long does the husband say he has to go away for?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) Six weeks

5. What color hair does the young wife have?
(a) Mouse colored
(b) Black
(c) Blonde
(d) Dark brown

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife say lays in the center of the room?

2. What type of desk does the husband have in his study?

3. What is the piano tuners real name?

4. What does the young wife say flashes in the light?

5. How does the young wife say the crowd in the foyer parted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that the Marquis smells of Russian leather?

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

3. Why do you think the husband tries to tempt his young wife with the small key?

4. Describe the piano tuners background.

5. Why do you think Carter is so descriptive about the dead bodies?

6. What do you think is the significance of the red ribbon?

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

8. Why do you think the Marquis takes the young girl to see Tristan?

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

10. In what ways is the young woman naive?

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