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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the young wife?

3. How did the mother pay for the young wife's music education?

4. What does the young wife miss?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Bloody Chamber a feminist story?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do you think the piano is the only character Carter gives a name to?

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

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

9. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

10. Why do you think the Marquis stops what he is doing when the door is locked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carter often alludes to famous cautionary tales and weaves them into the narrative of the book. What cautionary tales does Carter allude to? What do the inclusion of these tales say about the books narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Using two examples from the book discuss the following statement. The story plays on the reader's expectations and changes them to mold a different meaning.

Essay Topic 3

Carter uses many conventions from folk and fairy tales. What conventions do you recognize from the book? Take two examples and discuss how Carter uses them. Does she give them new meaning.

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