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

2. What is the one beat that howls in the woods by night?

3. How does the hunter kill the wolf terrorizing the village?

4. What do the wolves have ways of arriving at?

5. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What specific imagery does Carter use to convey the savagery and horror of the wolves' capabilities? 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

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.

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