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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the animal clinic, what is Bev's primary function?
(a) She puts fatally ill animals to sleep permanently.
(b) She performs surgery on animals.
(c) She delivers baby animals.
(d) She finds homes for older animals.

2. What is the university that is near where Lucy lives?
(a) Suffolk University.
(b) Rhodes University.
(c) New South Africa University.
(d) Essex University.

3. Where does David's daughter live?
(a) On a farm.
(b) Around the corner from his ex-wife.
(c) With his ex-wife.
(d) In London.

4. When one of the women at the hearing rails against David's behavior, what is the particular word used in reference to his relationship with Melanie that he feels is so inaccurate?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Manipulative.
(d) Violent.

5. How is David able to locate Soraya after she apparently discontinues their relationship?
(a) He follows her.
(b) He gets information from her employer.
(c) He contracts a private investigator.
(d) She finally calls him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After secretly observing Melanie, how does David follow up in his pursuit of Melanie?

2. Which person confesses a strong liking for the poetry of Wordsworth?

3. While one charge against David has to do with misconduct involving Melanie, what does the other charge have to do with?

4. Why is David a little slow to recognize Lucy when she comes out to greet him in Chapter 7?

5. Approximately how old is David Lurie in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do David's literary references in Chapter 1 suggest about him?

2. What does Bev's acceptance of David, even after he tells her of his forced resignation, suggest about her?

3. Interpret the last sentence of the chapter, "A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen."

4. When Melanie's father calls David, how does David respond to Melanie's father's request for help?

5. What is it about Soraya's character does David find appealing?

6. When Melanie is with David in his daughter's room, why might Melanie have such an interest in David's previous sexual conquests?

7. While David pleads guilty, he will not say that he repents. What is his reason for refusing this request to sign a repentance?

8. In what way might Lucy's concern for flowers and animals be representative of an archetypal figure in literature?

9. Of what significance is it that Soraya wiped off her makeup so readily when David asked her to?

10. In Chapter 12, why is David amazed that Bill Shaw comes to the hospital to pick him up after his burns are treated?

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