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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they say doomed the Romanian wife?
(a) Heroin
(b) Love
(c) Absinthe
(d) Marriage

2. What does the husband want her to do with the keys?
(a) Give them to the house keeper
(b) Look after them
(c) Throw them into the sea
(d) Use them to beat him

3. What does the young wife compare her husband stripping her to?
(a) Stripping the leaves of an artichoke
(b) Shelling a pea
(c) Plucking a chicken
(d) Cracking a nut

4. What companion does the young wife say she sleeps with?
(a) The bats, the owl and the stars
(b) A glass of water and a fried egg sandwich
(c) The company of loneliness
(d) A dark newborn curiosity

5. What does the young woman say she is surrounded by when she opens the safe?
(a) Diamonds
(b) Crystals
(c) Gold
(d) Tulips

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of material is the young wife's nightdress made from?

2. What color ribbon is the box tied with?

3. What composer does the young wife say she was lost in when the husband puts his hands over her eyes?

4. In what country does the story take place?

5. What does the young wife drink at dinner?

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