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

2. After leaving the homeland, the family went to which country?
(a) India.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

3. In which location did the doctor finish his medical studies?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Boston.
(c) Montpellier.
(d) Paris.

4. The doctor noted that all but a few ____ arches remained at the church.
(a) Entry.
(b) Consecrated.
(c) Vaulted.
(d) Heavenly.

5. Modern book shops treat the buying and selling of books as a ____ science.
(a) Exact.
(b) Loving.
(c) Cold.
(d) Reference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fowles' "affair" with Ourika began ____ years after visiting the book store.

2. Which term does Fowles use to describe Ourika's ethnic situation?

3. What type of facility did the doctor visit?

4. Which of the following capitalized on Claire's fame?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Joan DeJean? What is her position at the University of Pennsylvania?

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

4. Whet does the doctor see when he enters the garden to see Ourika? What is the doctor's first impression of Ourika?

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

6. What happened to Ourika when she left Senegal? Who took care of her?

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

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

9. What was unusual about the bookstore in Hampstead? Who was its owner?

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

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