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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 say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
(a) A prince.
(b) A casanova.
(c) A loser.
(d) A jerk.

2. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Taking a evening stroll.
(b) Packing their things to go home.
(c) Having a drink.
(d) Making love.

3. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He did not fully trust her.
(b) He knew the affair was going to be so short.
(c) He was not over his last relationship.
(d) He was afraid of commitment.

4. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
(a) It was bursting inside him.
(b) He thought it would make her stay.
(c) He wanted to scare her away.
(d) He was drunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?

2. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?

3. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

4. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.

3. How long after the affair does the narrator think his time thinking of her is reduced to about and hour or two a day?

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

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

6. In what way is the pain from the affair worse than the pleasure?

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

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

9. How does the narrator say he was beginning to feel when he was getting ready to say goodbye?

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

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