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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young wife think her husband has left her for?
(a) A importunate mistress
(b) Wall street
(c) To go skiing
(d) A month of debauchery

2. What does the husband say the key opens?
(a) His mind
(b) His heart
(c) His enfer
(d) His wine cellar

3. Who does the husband say he has taken onto his staff?
(a) A handmaid
(b) A piano tuner
(c) A violinist
(d) A piano teacher

4. What does the young wife say is the worst thing about the Opera singer?
(a) She looks alive
(b) She smells
(c) She is smiling
(d) Her eyes are open

5. What piece does the wife find in her husband's scores?
(a) The Well-Tempered Clavier
(b) The Magic Flute
(c) Castles in the Sand
(d) Golden Porsche

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the curtains in the library?

2. What month does the young wife say it is?

3. What does the husband hesitate over?

4. What kind of meal do they have for dinner?

5. Who is waiting for them at the station?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the young woman naive?

2. What is a libertine?

3. Describe the castle setting.

4. What is a Marquis?

5. Why does the young wife show little surprise that her mother is riding across the beach to save her?

6. Does Carter subvert the conventions of a fairy tale?

7. Why do you think the young wife would want to marry the Marquis if she does not love him?

8. In what ways is the young woman experienced?

9. Do you think the Marquis is a conventional murderer in term of literature?

10. How does Carter use color in the novella?

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