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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. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
(a) The time they ran into her boyfriend.
(b) The time he got too drunk.
(c) The time his wife called him.
(d) The time he had to leave.

2. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?
(a) He had never loved anyone before her.
(b) He hoped it did not scare her away.
(c) She did not have to feel it was a burden.
(d) He really hoped she felt the same.

3. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The peace.
(b) The joy.
(c) The pain.
(d) The regret.

4. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) Cab fare.
(b) Her silk robe.
(c) A green and blue shirt.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

5. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
(a) Confuse him.
(b) Make him see the affair for what it was.
(c) Eat away at him.
(d) Nag at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?

2. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

3. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

4. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

5. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?

2. The narrator says sometimes he feels like a prince or a king. What contrasting emotion does he feel?

3. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?

4. After adding up the time spent thinking of his lover after the affair has ended, how much does the narrator calculate he has spent?

5. In the final paragraph, what does the narrator question regarding his affair?

6. What types of things does the narrator say bring back to the memory of his lover just as he thinks he is over the pain?

7. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.

8. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?

9. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?

10. What does the narrator see as he walks away from his lover at the end of their trip?

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