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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. Which city did the family visit in the US?
(a) Miami.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

2. Claire's father refused to support the execution of which political official?
(a) Louis XIV.
(b) Ivan the Terrible.
(c) Robespierre.
(d) Czar Nicholas Romanov.

3. Which country is Ourika's "land of exile?"
(a) England.
(b) United States.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

4. Which term does Fowles use to describe Ourika's ethnic situation?
(a) Negritude.
(b) Colored.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Afrikaans.

5. Where did Fowles go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Brown.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctor traveled to which city?

2. In which year was Claire's first book published?

3. Ourika was forced to create a(n) ____.

4. Ourika portrays _____ violence.

5. Fowles' opinion of Ourika has turned into _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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