View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walser call Olga?

2. Where does the Maestro say he was sent by the town mayor?

3. What color is Fevvers real hair?

4. What do Lizzie and Fevvers find in the hut?

5. What does Fevvers drink at her dinner with the Duke?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carter express Walser's gradual character transition in book 3, chapter 3?

2. Describe the clowns performance in book 2, chapter 10.

3. What new thoughts and characteristics does book 2, chapter 9 introduce about Fevvers?

4. In what way is freedom a major theme in book 3, chapter 4?

5. What world has Walser's amnesia submerged him in?

6. In what way do the elephants express their concept of freedom in book 3, chapter 2?

7. How does Olga bring new hope to the women's prison camp?

8. Describe Maestro's story.

9. What is happening to Fevvers in book 3, chapter 9?

10. Why have the outlaws been banished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters from the novel.

1) What is the character's background.

2) What is the character's motivation and goals?

3) What do you think the character adds to the story? How would the story change if the character was taken away?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story and Carter? How does Carter use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Angela Carter is one of Britain foremost feminist authors. Examine Carter's life. What kind of upbringing did she have? What kind of education? What were the major themes of her work?Why do you think Carter's novels were so relevant in the mid to late twentieth century and continue to be relevant today?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 935 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample