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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 type of facility did the doctor visit?
(a) Prison.
(b) School.
(c) Palace.
(d) Convent.

2. Fowles' novel fit into which literary genre?
(a) Historical.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Allegorical.

3. Fowles' "affair" with Ourika began ____ years after visiting the book store.
(a) 32.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 28.

4. In which year was Claire's first book published?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1831.

5. Where did the Duforts live?
(a) Latin Quarter.
(b) Tuileries Palace.
(c) Bastille.
(d) Moulin Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fowles refers to shopping in old fashioned book stores as a ______.

2. What position did the chevalier's boss hold?

3. Ourika suffers from which of the following?

4. The doctor had previously been prejudiced against which of the following?

5. The doctor told Ourika that in order to save herself she would have to calm her ___.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What illegal act took place as a result of the success of Claire's books?

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

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