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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 kind of novel does the young wife say she wants to read?

2. How big does the young wife say the opal on her ring is?

3. What race of people does the young wife compare her husband's eyes to?

4. Where does her husband live?

5. How long has her husband's forefather's ruled the coast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a libertine?

2. In what way does the Marquis show shame at what he has done?

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

4. How does Carter use color in the novella?

5. Why is it significant that the Marquis smells of Russian leather?

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

7. Do you think the Marquis is a conventional murderer in term of literature?

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

9. Why does the girl decide to enter the private room?

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

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

The piano tuner suggests the community and the Marquis' household suspects he is a murderer. What hold do you think the Marquis has over these people?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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