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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 say is on all the walls?
(a) Horse shoes
(b) Mirrors
(c) Photographs of her
(d) Blood

2. What chills the young wife's thighs?
(a) The keys
(b) Her glass of cognac
(c) The sea breeze
(d) Her husband's presence

3. Where did the mother spend her childhood?
(a) Mexico
(b) Georgia
(c) Japan
(d) Indo-China

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

5. How long does the young wife say the desk is?
(a) Half a mile
(b) One kilometer
(c) Two meters
(d) Six foot

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is marked on the file the young wife finds in her husband's desk?

2. What instrument does the young wife like to play?

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

4. What kind of meal do they have for dinner?

5. What does the young wife think she has lost in marrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the young girl.

2. Why does the mother allow her young daughter to marry the Marquis when she has reservations about him?

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

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

5. Why do you think Carter is so descriptive about the dead bodies?

6. What do you think is the significance of the sea?

7. Describe what an iron maiden is.

8. What reason do you think the young wife cries to her mother?

9. What Fairy Tale conventions does Carter use?

10. How does the young girl's father cast a shadow across the whole story?

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