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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 many secrets does the husband say a man must have from his wife?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) None
(d) One

2. What cryptic word is scrawled on the Tristan score?
(a) Yes
(b) After...
(c) Soon
(d) Until...

3. What colors are the young wife's furs?
(a) SIlver and black
(b) Red and white
(c) Brown and red
(d) White and black

4. What does the young wife blame for the piano being out of tune?
(a) The sea breeze
(b) People stamping their feet
(c) The house keeper
(d) Careless fingers

5. Who is on the telephone?
(a) A prank caller
(b) The husband's agent from New York
(c) The wife's mother
(d) Her husband's mistress

Short Answer Questions

1. What color ribbon is the box tied with?

2. What does the husband say the English call his private room?

3. What does the husband want her to do with the keys?

4. Where does the young lady find the hidden spring?

5. Who does the young wife say lies naked upon a bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mother's role in the story?

2. Why do you think the Marquis stops what he is doing when the door is locked?

3. In what ways is the young woman naive?

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

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

6. What Fairy Tale conventions does Carter use?

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

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

9. How does Carter use color in the novella?

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

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