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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. What does the husband say the key opens?

2. What does the young wife say when the mother ask if she is sure she loves him?

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

4. What does the young wife say is the worst thing about the Opera singer?

5. What does the young wife open?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the young wife show little surprise that her mother is riding across the beach to save her?

3. In what ways is the young woman experienced?

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

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

6. What is a libertine?

7. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

8. Describe the marquis.

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

10. In what way does the marquis lie about the appearance of the corridor that leads to his secret room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carter seems to give everything in the book color. What colors does she use? What tone does this give the novella? Choose two examples of Carter's use of color and discuss what meaning that color gives both the object and the story.

Essay Topic 2

The book is set in Brittany in France. Why do you think Carter sets her story here? What meaning does it add? What difference do you think there would be in the story if it was set in another country or region?

Essay Topic 3

The Bloody Chamber is based on a fairy tale called Blue Beard. What are the mechanics of a fairy tale in terms of:

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

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