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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. In which year was Claire's first book published?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1831.

2. The family fled to which country after the death of Claire's father?
(a) Holland.
(b) United States.
(c) England.
(d) Mexico.

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

4. Who was the Emperor at that time?
(a) Mao Tse Tung.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Alexander.
(d) King George I.

5. Which term does Fowles use to describe Ourika's ethnic situation?
(a) Afrikaans.
(b) Colored.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Negritude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Modern book shops treat the buying and selling of books as a ____ science.

2. What is the name of Fowles' novel?

3. The doctor had previously been prejudiced against which of the following?

4. What type of business did the man operate?

5. Claire's male counterparts referred to the writer as being ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the first publication of Ourika. What was unusual about the publication?

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

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

5. What does Duras' depiction of Ourika tend to continue to be important regarding race and feminism?

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

7. Who is Ourika? What was Ourika's history?

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

9. What is the basic premise of Claire de Duras' "Ourika?"

10. What does Ourika claim is her problem? What does the doctor notice about Ourika's condition? What is the doctor's advice?

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