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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 name of the town in which the doctor visited Ourika is Faubourg Saint _____.
(a) Albi.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Jacques.
(d) Maria.

2. Where was Claire's mother's homeland?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Martinique.

3. The man would eventually attain the rank of the Duke of _____.
(a) Duras.
(b) Paris.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Cambridge.

4. In what year was Claire-Louise born?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1734.

5. The doctor noted that the tombstones were being used as ____.
(a) Paper weights.
(b) Flagstones.
(c) Table tops.
(d) Desks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who narrates the modern representation of the book?

2. In which year was the book published?

3. It is said that doubt often excludes ____.

4. Who was one of the two people that developed the term?

5. What does Ourika crave most?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the general opinion of Fowles regarding modern bookstores?

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

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

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

6. What occurred after Claire published "Ourika" and her second book, "Edouard?"

7. Describe the scene the doctor sees when he arrives at the convent. What has caused the state of the convent's disrepair?

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

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

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

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