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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 year was Eulalie at the Harem of the Grand Turk published?

2. What kind of novel does the young wife say she wants to read?

3. Who does the husband say he has taken onto his staff?

4. What word does the young wife use to describe her husband's head?

5. Where did the mother spend her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does the young wife romanticize her marriage to the Marquis?

2. The Marquis drives to the house in a black car. How do such obvious metaphors work in the story?

3. Why do you think Carter focuses so much on the young girl's body?

4. In what way does the Marquis show shame at what he has done?

5. What do you think the girl means to the Marquis?

6. Why do you think Carter is so descriptive about the dead bodies?

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

8. What is the mother's role in the story?

9. What is the girl's reaction to seeing her husband's pornography?

10. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take one of the characters and using examples from the book discuss the following:

1) Back ground and appearance.

2) Character motivation

3) Character conflict.

Essay Topic 2

The book is called the Bloody Chamber, a title that speaks for it self. Why do you think Carter has chosen such a straightforward title? What kind of expectations does it give the reader? How important do you think titles are?

Essay Topic 3

Carter often alludes to famous cautionary tales and weaves them into the narrative of the book. What cautionary tales does Carter allude to? What do the inclusion of these tales say about the books narrator?

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