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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 maid squeeze the orange juice into?
(a) A wine glass
(b) The young wife's mouth
(c) A chilled goblet
(d) A saucer

2. What is the skull crowned with?
(a) White roses
(b) Lillies
(c) Daisies
(d) Thorns

3. Where are the keys laying?
(a) On a chair
(b) On a sofa
(c) On a coffee table
(d) On a rug by the fire

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

5. What does the young woman say she is surrounded by when she opens the safe?
(a) Diamonds
(b) Gold
(c) Tulips
(d) Crystals

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the couple hold their wedding?

2. Where does the mother shoot the husband?

3. What does the husband drink at dinner?

4. Where was the husband's last wife from?

5. What does the wife stammer when when her husband kisses her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the Marquis show shame at what he has done?

2. Why do you think Carter uses a castle as her main setting?

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

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

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

6. The Marquis drives to the house in a black car. How do such obvious metaphors work in the story?

7. Carter references a lot of artists and books in the novella. What meaning do they bring to the story?

8. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

9. Do you think the Marquis is a conventional murderer in term of literature?

10. Is it significant that the young girl compares her mother to Medusa?

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