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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 companion does the young wife say she sleeps with?
(a) The company of loneliness
(b) A glass of water and a fried egg sandwich
(c) The bats, the owl and the stars
(d) A dark newborn curiosity

2. What does the young wife blame for the piano being out of tune?
(a) The sea breeze
(b) People stamping their feet
(c) Careless fingers
(d) The house keeper

3. Who painted the husband's first wife?
(a) Moreau
(b) Van Gogh
(c) Dali
(d) Monet

4. How did the mother pay for the young wife's music education?
(a) Worked as a barmaid
(b) Sold her jewellery
(c) Sold her house
(d) Worked the streets

5. Who does the husband say his house keeper used to be?
(a) A princess
(b) His foster mother
(c) His nanny
(d) A countess

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the young wife not socialize with the servants?

2. What does the husband say is the greatest part of pleasure?

3. Who does the young wife telephone?

4. What is the piano tuners real name?

5. How long does the young wife say the desk is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Do you think the Marquis is a conventional murderer in term of literature?

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

7. In what ways does the young wife romanticize her marriage to the Marquis?

8. Describe the young girl.

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

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

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