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

2. Who narrates the modern representation of the book?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Judge.

3. Fowles originally expected to be ____ in/by the work.
(a) Challenged.
(b) Engaged.Le sMisearable
(c) Inspired.
(d) Disappointed.

4. Which of the following capitalized on Claire's fame?
(a) Stedhal.
(b) Anders.
(c) LaRoche.
(d) Ellenberger.

5. Fowles' lead character was unfairly _____.
(a) Executed.
(b) Arrested.
(c) Exiled.
(d) Ridiculed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man would eventually attain the rank of the Duke of _____.

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

3. The neighborhood was part of which major city?

4. What was the woman's state of mind?

5. In which year did this section begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens after the doctor's first visit?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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