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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the witch do to the wedding party?

2. What shines like candle flames at night in Part I?

3. What does one of the devil's ointments apparently do as soon as it is rubbed on?

4. Who helps search for the first husband?

5. What happens after the hunter cuts the head and paws off the wolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should people "fear and flee" the wolf above all, according to Carter (142)?

2. What happens to the man who vanishes on his wedding night after going outside to urinate?

3. How does Carter describe the night of the solstice?

4. What sense of the forest does Carter build in Part I?

5. What do the children of the villages around the forest always carry with them, and why?

6. What is Carter referring to when she writes of "an aria of fear made audible" (141)?

7. Why does the witch turn all of a wedding party into wolves?

8. What does the second husband do after the ordeal with the wife's first husband in Part I?

9. What does the hunter discover about the wolf he slays in the pit in Part I?

10. What are some of the basic characteristics of wolves that Carter lays out in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Carter describe the forest in the different scenarios and tales in this story, and how can the forest change in different circumstances? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does the young man in the forest seduce the young girl on the way to her grandmother's house? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Which old stories does Carter draw upon in this short story? In what significant and/or important ways does Carter change those stories? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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