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How does the setting of Sarajevo on a rainy day impact the events of the story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Does Peter, also known as Professor Piper, ultimately act more in the role of a lover or a teacher? How so?

How does Fay Weldon present capitalism and communism in the story?

Despite the narrator’s repeated assertions of the story being sad, it ends on a note of having actually averted a tragedy. Is the story ultimately a tragedy or not?

The term “inordinate affection” is abbreviated in the title and repeated throughout the story. What does this phrase ultimately mean in this story, and how is that meaning similar to and different from the meaning the words held for John Wesley?

Fay Weldon publicly identified as a feminist. Yet the narrator blames herself rather than society for being in an unequal relationship. How does the ending reflect feminist thought at the time?

The story contains a theme of The Effects of Pivotal Choices. How does Weldon’s characterization of Clare support this theme?

What is the significance of the narrator emphasizing the Archduke’s wife at the beginning of the story?