The Tiger's Bride

Question 1

my father lost me

Answer 1

to the Beast at cards

Question 2

he laughs as if with glee

Answer 2

as he beggars himself

Question 3

the still mask

Answer 3

that concealed all the features of The Beast

Question 4

too much formal symmetry

Answer 4

of feature to be entirely human

Question 5

my father said he loved me

Answer 5

yet he staked his daughter on a hand of cards

Question 6

you must not think my father

Answer 6

valued me at less than a king’s ransom; but at no more than a king’s ransom

Question 7

i have lost my pearl,

Answer 7

my pearl beyond price

Question 8

my spite was

Answer 8

sharp as broken glass

Question 9

scare me into

Answer 9

good behaviour

Question 10

my own skin

Answer 10

was my sole capital in the world and today I’d make my first investment

Question 11

The Beast had given

Answer 11

his horses the use of the dining room

Question 12

The Beast had chosen to live

Answer 12

in an uninhabited place

Question 13

i was a young girl,

Answer 13

a virgin, and therefore men denied me rationality

Question 14

the lamb must learn

Answer 14

to run with the tigers

Question 15

i felt i was at liberty

Answer 15

for the first time in my life

Question 16

this appetite need not

Answer 16

be my extinction