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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 wife think captivates her husband?
(a) Her breasts
(b) Her eyes
(c) Her smile
(d) Her innocence
2. What does the young wife say when the mother ask if she is sure she loves him?
(a) As much as the next man and the ones before
(b) I don't know
(c) Love is for idiots
(d) I'm sure I want to marry him.
3. What color are the curtains in the library?
(a) Green
(b) Black
(c) Purple
(d) Red
4. Why does the husband like his wife in her white muslin?
(a) Her breasts show thorogh the flimsy stuff
(b) It exposes her delicate hips
(c) She looks comfortable in it
(d) It makes her look virginal
5. Why does the young wife think the husband has left her for a mistress?
(a) She knows how to please him
(b) She is boring
(c) She didn't compliment his beard
(d) She is ugly
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of desk does the husband have in his study?
2. Where is the room the husband does not want his wife to go?
3. What is the piano tuners real name?
4. Who had the ring before her husband's mother and grandmother?
5. How many spikes does the young wife say the countess is spiked by?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think the differences are between a novella and a novel?
2. Why do you think the Marquis stops what he is doing when the door is locked?
3. In what way does the marquis lie about the appearance of the corridor that leads to his secret room?
4. Why does the girl decide to enter the private room?
5. Does Carter subvert the conventions of a fairy tale?
6. Describe the young girl.
7. Carter references a lot of artists and books in the novella. What meaning do they bring to the story?
8. In what ways is the young woman naive?
9. Do you think the Marquis is a conventional murderer in term of literature?
10. In what ways is the young woman experienced?
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