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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 husband hesitate over?
(a) A key
(b) A joke
(c) Leaving his wife
(d) Answering the phone

2. Where does the young wife say the disrobing of a the bride is a ritual?
(a) Dracula's castle
(b) Weddings
(c) Pirate ships
(d) A brothel

3. What does the young wife decide to do to keep her husband away?
(a) Play the piano
(b) Sing
(c) Lock the doors
(d) Call the police

4. What does the young wife say drove her on?
(a) Her father's love
(b) Her mother's spirit
(c) Curiousity
(d) Excitement

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife say her husband smells of?

2. What does the young wife call the piano tuner?

3. What type of material is the young wife's nightdress made from?

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

5. What key does the husband ask his wife not to use?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the young wife show little surprise that her mother is riding across the beach to save her?

5. How do you think the Marquis has gotten away for so long with the murders?

6. What do you think the differences are between a novella and a novel?

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

8. Why do you think Carter does not use names for the main characters?

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

10. Describe the piano tuners background.

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