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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. In which year did the couple do to France?

2. Fowles refers to shopping in old fashioned book stores as a ______.

3. Claire retreated to which location?

4. What type of business did the man operate?

5. Two men capitalized on the premise of Claire's ____ novel.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Duras' depiction of Ourika tend to continue to be important regarding race and feminism?

2. What type of struggle did Claire have when deciding to publish her work for the first time?

3. What is the basic premise of Claire de Duras' "Ourika?"

4. What does Fowles say about Claire de Duras' work as a white novelist writing about a black woman in France?

5. Who is Joan DeJean? What is her position at the University of Pennsylvania?

6. What is the general opinion of Fowles regarding modern bookstores?

7. Who was sent to visit Ourika in a convent outside Paris? What was the doctor's background?

8. How was Fowles inspired by Ourika? What came from that inspiration?

9. What happens after the doctor's first visit?

10. Whet does the doctor see when he enters the garden to see Ourika? What is the doctor's first impression of Ourika?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What might Ourika be like in today's society? Would she suffer from the same debilitating melancholia? Do you think she would have been put on medication? Do you think Ourika would have taken vows to become a nun? How would the relationships between Ourika, Mme. de B. and Charles be different? What might Ourika undertake as a profession? Explain your choices and thoughts in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Write a complete character description of Mme. de B. Explain her roles in society both as a matriarch and as the patron of Ourika.

Essay Topic 3

The guillotine is by far the most iconic representation of the French Revolution. Write an essay on the guillotine and alternate forms of torture commonly used at the time. Why was the guillotine so popular as a killing tool? What does it represent today? Where else was it used during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries? Who were the most famous people in history that were killed by a guillotine?

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