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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 54-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Inge?
(a) A terrorist.
(b) A pacificst.
(c) A democrat.
(d) A republican.

2. Which of the following best describes the narrator's sexual relationship with Jacqueline?
(a) Jacqueline does not want to have sex with the narrator.
(b) The narrator does not believe in sexual attraction.
(c) The narrator is not sexually attracted to Jacqueline.
(d) The narrator is passionate about Jacqueline.

3. Who tells Elgin about Louise's affair with the narrator?
(a) Jacqueline.
(b) Louise.
(c) Elgin's father.
(d) The narrator.

4. What does the violence in the novel represent?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Postmodernism.

5. Who does the narrator hit?
(a) Louise.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Bathsheba.
(d) Jacqueline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the reader tell about the narrator's feelings about Jacqueline?

2. Which of the following types of literary devices are present in the novel?

3. According to the narrator, why do married women have affairs?

4. Who does Jacqueline attack?

5. How does Louise react to the narrator's act of violence?

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