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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 think her principle function as a chatelaine is?
(a) To entertain guests
(b) To shout at the servants
(c) To find work for her staff
(d) To do nothing

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

3. What brand of cigar does her husband light while watching her?
(a) A Romeo y Juileta
(b) A Winston Churchill
(c) A Cuban
(d) A Hamlet

4. Where does the husband lay his wife's head?
(a) On the table
(b) On a wooden block
(c) On a stone
(d) On a chair

5. What does the young wife think she has lost in marrying?
(a) Her lover
(b) Her independence
(c) Her happiness
(d) Her childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the young wife find a photograph of her husband's last wife?

2. Where does the mother shoot the husband?

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

4. What does the young woman say she is surrounded by when she opens the safe?

5. Who does the young wife say she will fling herself on the mercy of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what a catafalque is.

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

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

4. Why is it significant that the Marquis smells of Russian leather?

5. Describe the castle setting.

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

7. Why do you think Carter uses a castle as her main setting?

8. Describe the young girl.

9. Why does the husband looking at his wife 'like horse flesh' take her breath away?

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

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