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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 only thing the young wife says she can manage on the piano?

2. What does the maid squeeze the orange juice into?

3. Who does the young wife call in to thank?

4. what does the young woman want to eat?

5. What does the young wife say is reflected in the mirrors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a libertine?

3. In what ways is the young woman naive?

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

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

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

7. Is it significant that the young girl compares her mother to Medusa?

8. The Marquis drives to the house in a black car. How do such obvious metaphors work in the story?

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

10. What is the significance of the key leaving a bloody heart on the young wife's forehead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The book is called the Bloody Chamber, a title that speaks for it self. Why do you think Carter has chosen such a straightforward title? What kind of expectations does it give the reader? How important do you think titles are?

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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