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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 young wife decide the house needs?
(a) Love! More love
(b) Lights! More lights
(c) People
(d) A swimming pool

2. What is the name of the suite the young wife is given?
(a) The tower
(b) The turret
(c) The paradise
(d) The city

3. What won't the husband let his wife take off?
(a) Her wedding ring
(b) Her ruby choker
(c) Her wig
(d) Her socks

4. How many husbands does the young wife say she sees?
(a) A bakers dozen
(b) Three
(c) Nine
(d) A dozen

5. How long has her husband's forefather's ruled the coast?
(a) Ten centuries
(b) Three centuries
(c) Ten years
(d) Eight centuries

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the young wife if she loves her husband?

2. For what reason does the young wife say she is crying?

3. What does the young wife say drove her on?

4. What month does the young wife say it is?

5. What does the young wife say flashes in the light?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think music is so important to the young wife?

4. How do you think Brittany is different to the young wife's life in Paris?

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

6. Do you think the Marquis's servant play a role in the Marquis' crimes?

7. In what way does the marquis lie about the appearance of the corridor that leads to his secret room?

8. Describe the piano tuners background.

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

10. How is it significant that the piano tuner is blind?

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