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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 Walser currently unable to do?

2. What kind of weapon does Ma Nelson five Fevvers to go with her new image?

3. What does Madame Schreck invite Fevvers to work?

4. What does Rosencreutz say is the secret of youth?

5. What is the woman's name who comes to talk to Fevvers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fevver do during her first seven years at the brothel

2. How does darkness play an important part in book 1, chapter 4?

3. What new element does Madame Schreck bring to the story?

4. What does Walser see in Fevvers dressing room?

5. What is the real reason Walser has come to interview Fevvers?

6. How does Fevvers escape from Rosencreutz?

7. In what way has greed been an important theme in this novel so far?

8. In what way is class a major theme in book 2, chapter 5?

9. Describe the brothel where Fevvers first sets up home.

10. What problems does Lizzie face at home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is set in St. Petersburg.

1) What meaning does St. Petersburg bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in St. Petersburg?

2) How different do you think today's St. Petersburg is to the St. Petersburg in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's St. Petersburg?

3) How do you think the setting contributes to the novel playful,but at times sad atmosphere?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Fevvers' relationship with the following characters:

1) Walser

2) Lizzie

3) Colonel Kearney

Essay Topic 3

Carter represents a number of different cultures in her book including Shaman culture and Siberian tribal culture.

How accurate do you think Carter's representations of these cultures are? Do you think she subverts stereotypes? Are some representations more negative or positive than others?

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