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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 house keeper bring the young wife?
(a) A luncheon menu
(b) A glass of cognac
(c) A letter
(d) A screw driver

2. What type of desk does the husband have in his study?
(a) Elm
(b) Oak
(c) Mahogany
(d) Pine

3. What brings the young wife back to her senses?
(a) A roll of thunder
(b) A fire
(c) The ring of the telephone
(d) Her husband snoring

4. what does the young woman want to eat?
(a) Chocolate buttons
(b) Baked beans and sausages
(c) Coal, chalk or tainted food
(d) Strawberry cake

5. What does the husband call his wife when he sees her looking at his books?
(a) Blue nun
(b) Little nun
(c) Nymph
(d) Luckiest girl alive

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the young wife not socialize with the servants?

2. How many times does the husband say she will be able to change her jewelery a day?

3. How does the young wife say the key fits into the lock?

4. How does the young wife describe the keys her husband gives her?

5. Why does the young wife think no one will believe her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Carter subvert the conventions of a fairy tale?

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

4. How does Carter use color in the novella?

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

6. Describe the marquis.

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

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

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

10. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

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