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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Fowles' state of mind when he left college?
(a) Confused.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Determined.
(d) Invigorated.

2. How long did it take Claire to write the novels?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

3. What was the title of Claire-Louise's father?
(a) Duke.
(b) Prince.
(c) Viscount.
(d) Count.

4. What is Claire-Louise's surname?
(a) DeJean.
(b) Ourika.
(c) Kersaint.
(d) Duras.

5. What offers the most consolation for Ourika?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Rehabilitation.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

6. Ourika portrays _____ violence.
(a) Unmitigated.
(b) Vengeful.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Acceptable.

7. Ourika's language is referred to as being _____.
(a) Elegant.
(b) Affected.
(c) Broken.
(d) Foreign.

8. Early in their careers, writers need all but which of the following?
(a) Managers.
(b) Editors.
(c) Booksellers.
(d) Agents.

9. Which term is not used to describe Ourika?
(a) Rage filled.
(b) Insomniac.
(c) Feverish.
(d) Excessively thin.

10. What was the title of Claire's first work?
(a) Mme. Duras.
(b) Edouard.
(c) Marie eu Claire.
(d) Ourika.

11. In which year did this section begin?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1818.

12. The doctor determined that Ourika had suffered from prolonged and acute ____.
(a) Cholera.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Melancholia.
(d) Diarrhea.

13. What famous poet is quoted at the beginning of the introduction?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Keats.
(c) Bryon.
(d) Browning.

14. The order to which the doctor belonged devoted itself to teaching the _____.
(a) Young.
(b) Dying.
(c) Homeless.
(d) Imprisoned.

15. In which year did the couple do to France?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1811.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fowles' novel fit into which literary genre?

2. The neighborhood was part of which major city?

3. Fowles referred to Ourika as a(n) _____.

4. Which city was the family's final destination?

5. The doctor noted that all but a few ____ arches remained at the church.

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