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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elgin worried about after he learns the truth?
(a) Louise leaving him.
(b) Jacqueline hurting Louise.
(c) The narrator moving in with them.
(d) Louise falling in love with the narrator.

2. Which of the following types of literary devices are present in the novel?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Anthromorphism.
(c) Iambic Pentameter.
(d) Irony.

3. How does Elgin feel about Louise?
(a) He wants to be with her even if he also has to be with the narrator.
(b) He is ashamed of her.
(c) He does not have any feelings for her.
(d) He loves her.

4. When the narrator reflects back on early days of his or her affair with Louise, what types of memories are they?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Disturbing.
(c) Dull.
(d) Happy.

5. According to the narrator, who would appreciate an affair?
(a) Bathsheba.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Louise.
(d) Jacqueline.

6. What explains Louise's easy affection for the narrator?
(a) Her relationship with Jacqueline.
(b) Her relationship with herself.
(c) Her relationship with Elgin.
(d) Her relationship with her father.

7. According to the narrator, what is commitment?
(a) A lack of effort.
(b) A pact to remain with somebody forever.
(c) The here and now of a relationship.
(d) A conscious choice.

8. Which of the following causes a rift between Elgin and his parents?
(a) Elgin did not have children with his wife.
(b) Elgin married a Jewish woman.
(c) Elgin did not become a doctor.
(d) Elgin married a woman who is not Jewish.

9. How does the narrator believe Louise feels about Elgin?
(a) Louise is in danger being with Elgin.
(b) Louise feels passionately about him.
(c) Louise has affection for him.
(d) Louise hates him.

10. What does Elgin ask Louise after he learns the truth?
(a) If she will have a child with him.
(b) If she will move out of the house.
(c) If she will move away with him.
(d) If she will divorce him.

11. What does the narrator compare his or her affair with Louise to?
(a) A couple in therapy.
(b) High school relationships.
(c) Other affairs Louise has had.
(d) Other affairs the narrator has had.

12. How does Louise react to the narrator's act of violence?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is hurt.

13. How does the reader perceive Jacqueline's anger?
(a) It is understandable.
(b) It is overstated.
(c) It is too intense.
(d) It is understated.

14. Which of the following does the narrator most likely feel about infidelity?
(a) Infidelity is immoral.
(b) Infidelity is acceptable.
(c) Infidelity makes the narrator angry but the narrator enjoys being devious.
(d) Infidelity is only okay for the narrator and his or her lovers.

15. How does Louise view Elgin?
(a) Cold.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Purposely hurtful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before learning the truth, what did Jacqueline think her relationship with the narrator was?

2. Which of the following best describes Bruno?

3. Why can't Elgin practice traditional medicine?

4. What type of people was Frank raised by?

5. Which of the following describes Jacqueline's allure to the narrator?

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