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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. What was the title of Claire-Louise's father?
(a) Count.
(b) Duke.
(c) Viscount.
(d) Prince.

2. What was the name of the neighborhood in which the business was located?
(a) Kensington.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Hampstead.

3. Ourika speaks about a life of ____ before moving to the cloisters.
(a) Contentment.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Misery.

4. The story took place before which war?
(a) Revolutionary War.
(b) War of the Roses.
(c) Spanish-American War.
(d) French Revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which city did the family visit in the US?

3. What is the name of Fowles' novel?

4. What is the name of Mme de B's grandson?

5. In which year did this section begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What was the Black Code? How did it affect slavery in France?

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

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

9. What was the next step for Claire de Duras? What major accomplishment did she make during this time?

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

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