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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 young wife say is reflected in the mirrors?

2. What opera does the husband take the young wife to see?

3. Where does the husband lay his wife's head?

4. Who painted the husband's first wife?

5. Where do the couple hold their wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Carter subvert the conventions of a fairy tale?

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

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

5. Do you think Carter represents the Marquis as unstable and crazy or just plain evil?

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

7. Describe the piano tuners background.

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

9. What is a Marquis?

10. Why do you think Carter does not use names for the main characters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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