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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. The doctor had previously been prejudiced against which of the following?
(a) Literature.
(b) Travel.
(c) Church.
(d) Medicine.

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

3. It is said that doubt often excludes ____.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Passion.
(c) Truth.
(d) Sympathy.

4. What type of business did the man operate?
(a) Halfway house.
(b) Clothier.
(c) Print shop.
(d) Bookstore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the woman's eyes?

2. What was the homeland of the black child?

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

4. Fowles' lead character was unfairly _____.

5. Claire's father refused to support the execution of which political official?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Fowles' thoughts on writing a historical novel? What caused him to change his mind?

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

3. What does Fowles say about Claire de Duras' work as a white novelist writing about a black woman in France?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What type of struggle did Claire have when deciding to publish her work for the first time?

10. What major events took place while Claire was living in England? How and when did Claire meet her husband? What was his background?

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