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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 is the only thing the young wife says she can manage on the piano?
(a) The exercises of Czerny
(b) Chopsticks
(c) Bach
(d) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

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

3. Who had the ring before her husband's mother and grandmother?
(a) Fanny Wouters
(b) Catherine de Medici
(c) Amelie Boulevard
(d) Lucille de Palais

4. Who is on the telephone?
(a) A prank caller
(b) The husband's agent from New York
(c) Her husband's mistress
(d) The wife's mother

5. For what reason does the young wife say she is crying?
(a) She missed Paris
(b) She has gold taps
(c) She misses her mother
(d) She does not like her husband

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the young wife think no one will believe her?

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

3. Where did the mother spend her childhood?

4. What room does the young wife decide to explore?

5. What does the young wife say a diva has sent her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the significance of the sea?

2. In what ways is the young woman experienced?

3. Do you think the Marquis's servant play a role in the Marquis' crimes?

4. Why do you think Carter uses a castle as her main setting?

5. Carter references a lot of artists and books in the novella. What meaning do they bring to the story?

6. What do you think is the significance of the red ribbon?

7. What do you think the differences are between a novella and a novel?

8. In what ways is the young woman naive?

9. What do you think is the significance of the opal?

10. How important is the piano tuner to the story?

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