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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 is the piano tuners real name?

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

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

4. How long does the young wife practice for?

5. What does the young wife remember as she lies in her new bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways has the young wife grown up in a short space of time?

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

3. Why do you think the young wife would want to marry the Marquis if she does not love him?

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

5. Describe what a catafalque is.

6. Why do you think the Marquis takes the young girl to see Tristan?

7. Why do you think the young wife does not tell anyone what happened, but instead accepts the gossip?

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

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

10. What is a Marquis?

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

Look back at the period the book is written in. What were the concerns of this period? Does Carter reflect these concerns in the Bloody Chamber?

Essay Topic 3

Angela Carter is famous for writing in a magic realist style.

1) What is magic realism?

2) How does Carter use magic realism in the Bloody Chamber?

3) Take an example of magic realism from the book and discuss how it contributes to the story's meaning.

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