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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) Three
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) None

2. What room does the young wife decide to explore?
(a) The room her husband has forbidden her from opening
(b) The games room
(c) The library
(d) The kitchen

3. What opera had the young wife heard her husband's first wife sing?
(a) Magic Flute
(b) Phantom of the Opera
(c) Tristan
(d) Isolde

4. What key does the husband ask his wife not to use?
(a) The last little one
(b) The wine cellar key
(c) None of them
(d) The one to his desk

5. Where does the young wife find a photograph of her husband's last wife?
(a) A newspaper
(b) A society magazine
(c) On the back of a milk carton
(d) In her husband's wallet

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the young wife say she will fling herself on the mercy of?

2. What does the husband drink at dinner?

3. What does the husband call his wife when he sees her looking at his books?

4. What does the young wife say is bad about the passage?

5. Why does the young wife think the husband has left her for a mistress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the chronological setting of the novel?

2. What is a libertine?

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

4. What is the significance of the key leaving a bloody heart on the young wife's forehead?

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

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

7. What do you think is the significance of the opal?

8. Why do you think the young wife does not tell anyone what happened, but instead accepts the gossip?

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

10. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

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