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The Lover | Quiz

Marguerite Duras
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The Lover | Quiz

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1)

What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women? (from Segments 5, 6)

Going to school.
Getting married.
Having children.
Colonial life.
2)

About how long would it take to travel from Saigon to France by ship? (from Segments 17, 18)

Two months.
Twenty-four days.
Twenty-four hours.
Two weeks.
3)

What does the mother equate the narrator's awakening sexuality with? (from Segments 7, 8, 9)

Money.
Being a teenager.
Bad influences.
Poverty.
4)

Who are evident but unequal friends in the novel? (from Segments 5, 6)

Dô and the older brother.
Hélène Lagonelle and the lover.
The lover and Dô.
The mother and Dô.
5)

Who travels between France and Chochinchina about every year or so? (from Segments 7, 8, 9)

The lover.
The older brother.
The mother.
The narrator.
6)

The lover fears that the narrator only wants his _______. (from Segments 10, 11, 12)

Love.
Money.
Car.
Brother.
7)

How was the younger brother related in age to the narrator? (from Segments 17, 18)

He was four years older.
He was four years younger.
He was two years younger.
He was two years older.
8)

What happens between the younger brother and the person he meets aboard the ship? (from Segments 17, 18)

They get into a fight.
They get married.
They have an affair.
They decide to go into business together.
9)

How does the narrator describe the body of the lover? (from Segments 10, 11, 12)

Feminine.
Masculine.
Deformed.
Androgynous.
10)

Who drives a Citroën B12? (from Segments 7, 8, 9)

Hélène Lagonelle.
The lover.
The mother.
The older brother.
11)

In segment 14, who is an American woman from Boston that runs a house in Paris? (from Segment 14)

Harriet Lagonelle.
Jean Thomas.
Betty Fernandez.
Marie-Claude Carpenter.
12)

Who controlled when and where the lover and the narrator would meet? (from Segments 10, 11, 12)

The lover.
The narrator.
The mother.
The older brother.
13)

After the father's death, what happens to the family property the mother invests in ? (from Segments 7, 8, 9)

The lands thrive and the family makes money off of it.
It isn't taken care of properly and falls into decay.
Villagers set fire to it, and it becomes a wasteland.
It is sold to a nearby village who builds a school on it.
14)

The mother took seasonal trips to France. Why wasn't the narrator invited? (from Segments 15, 16)

Because of her behavior.
Because the mother liked to travel alone.
Because she had to go to school.
Because she wasn't old enough.
15)

How long does Dô stay with the mother? (from Segments 5, 6)

Until the family leaves for France.
Until Dô's death.
Until the narrator's affair.
Until the mother's death.
16)

In what year does the younger brother die? (from Segment 14)

1942.
1983.
1945.
1929.
17)

According to the narrator, what showed things as they really were? (from Segments 15, 16)

Photos taken by visitors or strangers.
Her own memories.
Photos taken in professional sessions.
Portraits drawn by a professional artist.
18)

In segment 13, what is the status of the relationship? (from Segment 13)

It is widely known and accepted.
It is finished.
It is widely known but not acknowledged.
It is highly secretive.
19)

Why does the narrator usually resist waking her friend at school? (from Segments 17, 18)

She's afraid her friend will tell the teachers what she's been doing.
She does not return to sleep and gets agitated later in the day.
She does not believe the narrator's stories and tells her so.
Her friend is a heavy sleeper and won't wake up anyway.
20)

Who does the younger brother meet aboard the ship? (from Segments 17, 18)

An older widow.
A married woman.
A boy his age.
A single girl.
21)

Who does the narrator believe never knew the pleasure of sex? (from Segments 10, 11, 12)

The father.
The older brother.
Dô.
The mother.
22)

Who actively supports the older brother's behavior? (from Segment 13)

The mother.
The younger brother.
The lover.
The narrator.
23)

During their relationship, the couple discusses many subjects. Which of the following subjects do they NOT discuss? (from Segments 10, 11, 12)

Money.
Love.
Politics.
Self.
24)

What word best describes the family? (from Segment 14)

Close-knit.
Loving.
Dysfunctional.
Functional.
25)

What does the narrator praise of Hélène Lagonelle's? (from Segments 5, 6)

Her body's sexual virtues.
Her long, flowing hair.
Her grades.
Her family's fine home.
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