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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. What happens if you stray from the forest path, according to Carter?

3. How does Carter describe wolves' songs in unison?

4. When does the first husband vanish?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance and symbolism of the "wolfsong" the various companies of wolves engage in throughout this story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What do you think Carter is trying to convey about women's lives, choices, and treatment with the young wife's story within this story? In particular, why do you think Carter writes that the second husband beats the wife after fighting off the werewolf/first husband? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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