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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 is the one beat that howls in the woods by night?

2. Why is the wolf the worst thing you can run into in the forest?

3. When does the first husband vanish?

4. What do some ogres in the woods purportedly do?

5. What do the children of the sparse villages near the forest always carry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the young girl save herself from certain doom - and consumption - in her grandmother's cottage? 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

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.

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