The Bloody Chamber

Question 1

“Delicious _______ of _________”

Answer 1

“Delicious ecstacy of excitement”

Question 2

“Away from _____, away from _________, away from the _____, enclosed ______ of my mother’s apartment, into the _________ country of ________”

Answer 2

“Away from Paris, away from girlhood, away from the white, enclosed quietude of my mother’s apartment, into the unguessable country of marriage”

Question 3

“My mother would be moving ______ about the ______ bedroom I had _____ behind ________”

Answer 3

“My mother would be moving slowly about the narrow bedroom I had left behind forever”

Question 4

“Putting away all my little _____, the tumbled garments I would not need any more”

Answer 4

“Putting away all my little relics, the tumbled garments I would not need any more”

Question 5

“The concert _________ I had __________”

Answer 5

“The concert programmes I had abandoned”

Question 6

“With all the ____-______, ____-______ emotions of a woman on her daughters wedding day”

Answer 6

“With all the half-joyous, half-sorrowful emotions of a woman on her daughters wedding day”

Question 7

“I felt a _____ of loss as if, when we put the _____ _____ on my finger, I had, in some way, _______ to be her child in becoming his _____”

Answer 7

“I felt a pang of loss as if, when we put the gold band on my finger, I had, in some way, ceased to be her child in becoming his wife”

Question 8

“Are you sure you ____ him?”

Answer 8

“Are you sure you love him?”

Question 9

“_______ box that held the wedding dress he ______ me, ________ __ in tissue paper and red _____ like a
________ gift of _________fruit”

Answer 9

“Gigantic box that held the wedding dress he bought me, wrapped up in tissue paper and red ribbon like a Christmas gift of crystallized fruit”

Question 10

“There was a _____ for her, too; _____silk, with the ____, ________sheen of ___ on water, _____ than anything she’d worn since that adventurous ________”

Answer 10

“There was a dress for her, too; black silk, with the dull, prismatic sheen of oil on water, finer than anything she’d worm since that adventurous girlhood”

Question 11

“My ____-_______, indomitable mother”

Answer 11

“My eagle-featured, indomitable mother”

Question 12

“At last, banish the _______ of _______ from its habitual place at our meagre table”

Answer 12

“At last, banish the spectre of poverty from its habitual place at our meagre table”

Question 13

“His kiss, his kiss with _____ and _____ in it and a rasp of ______”

Answer 13

“His kiss, his kiss with tongue and teeth in it and a rasp of beard”

Question 14

“Beyond the grasp of my __________…”

Answer 14

“Beyond the grasp of my imagination…”

Question 15

“I might ____ and ____”

Answer 15

“I might bear and heir”

Question 16

“I sensed myself a __________ for corruption”

Answer 16

“I sensed myself a potentiality for corruption”

Question 17

“Into marriage, into ____; I sensed it, I knew it”

Answer 17

“Into marriage, into exile; I sensed it, I knew it”

Question 18

“at once he closed my legs like a _____”

Answer 18

“at once he closed my legs like a book”

Question 19

“________is the ______ part of pleasure, my little love”

Answer 19

“Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure, my little love”

Question 20

“Yet I had been _______dishevelled by the loss of my ________”

Answer 20

“Yet I had been infinitely dishevelled by the loss of my virginity”

Question 21

“But he would not let me take off my ____ choker, although it was _______ very uncomfortable”

Answer 21

“But he would not let me take off my ruby choker, although it was growing very uncomfortable”

Question 22

“My dear ___, my little ____, my child”

Answer 22

“My dear one, my little love, my child”

Question 23

“A starburst of lights spattered the drawn blinds”

Answer 23

spattered gives an indication of things to come

Question 24

“my skin ______ at his touch”

Answer 24

“my skin crisped at his touch”

Question 25

“A choker of _______ like an extraordinarily precious ____throat”

Answer 25

“A choker of rubies like an extraordinarily precious slit throat”

Question 26

“the _____ dress, the _____ child within it, the jewels round her throat bright as _______ blood”

Answer 26

“the white dress, the frail child within it, the jewels round her throat bright as arterial blood”

Question 27

“a dozen _________ impaled a dozen _______”

Answer 27

“a dozen husbands impaled a dozen brides”

Question 28

“he approached his familiar treat with a weary __________”

Answer 28

“he approached his familiar treat with a weary appetite”

Question 29

“the _____ I always associate with him; that are white. And _____ you”

Answer 29

“the lilies I always associate with him; that are white. And stain you”

Question 30

“My dark newborn curiosity”

Answer 30

“My dark _______ curiosity”

Question 31

“I longed for him. And he disgusted me”

Answer 31

“I ______ for him. And he _______me”

Question 32

“_______darkness. And about me, the _________of mutilation”

Answer 32

“Absolute darkness. And about me, the instruments of mutilation”

Question 33

“one _____ step and into the abyss of the _____ you stumbled”

Answer 33

“one false step and into the abyss of the dark you stumbled”

Question 34

“She was ________, not by one but by a _________ spikes”

Answer 34

“She was pierced, not by one but by a hundred spikes”

Question 35

“Every ____in my room burned, to keep the _____ outside”

Answer 35

“Every lamp in my room burned , to keep the dark outside”

Question 36

“You never saw such a _____ thing as my mother”

Answer 36

“You never saw such a wild thing as my mother”

Question 37

“No ______ nor powder can mask that ____ mark on my forehead; I am glad he cannot see it- not for fear of his ________, since I know he sees me clearly with his heart- but, because it spares my ______”

Answer 37

“No paint nor powder can mask that red mark on my forehead; I am glad he cannot see it- not for fear of his revulsion, since I know he sees me clearly with his heart- but, because it spares my shame”