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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 was the husband's last wife from?

2. What does the young wife say her husband's chuckle sounds like?

3. What does the young wife compare the box her wedding dress came to?

4. What does the husband kiss before her mouth?

5. Who is on the telephone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

2. How is it significant that the piano tuner is blind?

3. What do you think the differences are between a novella and a novel?

4. What do you think the girl means to the Marquis?

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

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

7. Why do you think the young wife is so quick to call the piano tuner her young lover?

8. Why does the mother allow her young daughter to marry the Marquis when she has reservations about him?

9. Why do you think Carter focuses so much on the young girl's body?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take one of the characters and using examples from the book discuss the following:

1) Back ground and appearance.

2) Character motivation

3) Character conflict.

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

The young wife often claims she is falling in love with the Marquis. Do you think people can fall in love that easily? What do you think is the meaning of true love? Why do you think the young wife is so prepared to fall in love?

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