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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) Lights! More lights
(b) A swimming pool
(c) Love! More love
(d) People

2. Who does the young wife call in to thank?
(a) The house keeper
(b) The piano tuner
(c) The maid
(d) The butler

3. What does the young wife say the phone is as dead as?
(a) Herself
(b) The waves
(c) The sea air
(d) Her husband's wives

4. What does the husband say while lighting his cigar?
(a) Soon
(b) Lovely
(c) This will be fun
(d) Never

5. Who does the young wife see galloping towards the castle?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her mother
(c) Her brother
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young wife blame for the piano being out of tune?

2. How does the young wife say the crowd in the foyer parted?

3. How does the young wife know it is nearly time for her husband to leave?

4. Where are the keys laying?

5. In what country does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the young woman naive?

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

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

4. In what ways has the young wife grown up in a short space of time?

5. How does Carter use color in the novella?

6. Why do you think the young wife is so quick to call the piano tuner her young lover?

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

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

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

10. Why do you think the young wife would want to marry the Marquis if she does not love him?

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