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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 her husband smells of?

2. What does the husband say when his wife complains that it is broad daylight?

3. What does the wife stammer when when her husband kisses her?

4. What does the young wife say she needs to continue her music studies?

5. Who does the husband say his house keeper used to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Marquis seduce the young wife?

2. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

3. What Fairy Tale conventions does Carter use?

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

5. How important is the piano tuner to the story?

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

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

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

9. In what way is Bloody Chamber a feminist story?

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

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

The Bloody Chamber is based on a fairy tale called Blue Beard. What are the mechanics of a fairy tale in terms of:

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

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