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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is used to describe the woman's eyes?
(a) Lackluster.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Dead.
(d) Luminous.

2. What was the name of Fowles' mentor.
(a) Norman.
(b) Dumas.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Wilkes.

3. Fowles' "affair" with Ourika began ____ years after visiting the book store.
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 32.

4. Where did the Duforts live?
(a) Moulin Rouge.
(b) Bastille.
(c) Tuileries Palace.
(d) Latin Quarter.

5. Two men capitalized on the premise of Claire's ____ novel.
(a) 5th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Emperor at that time?

2. What type of business did the man operate?

3. How old was Ourika when she was sent into exile?

4. In which year was the book published?

5. What was the name of the neighborhood in which the business was located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ourika differ from the protagonists of other Romantic works?

2. How was Fowles inspired by Ourika? What came from that inspiration?

3. What is Ourika's final "decision" when it comes to understanding and accepting her heritage as a black woman?

4. What illegal act took place as a result of the success of Claire's books?

5. What about Ourika's presence surprises the doctor? What is Ourika's reasoning for her illness?

6. Who was sent to visit Ourika in a convent outside Paris? What was the doctor's background?

7. Who was Claire de Duras? What was her background?

8. How did Fowles discover Ourika? What was his initial opinion of the book?

9. What about Mr. Norman's bookstore was the most exciting to Fowles?

10. What does John Fowles say about the way he learned to love literature?

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