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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 opens with David watching television. What is he watching?
(a) Cricket.
(b) A wrestling match.
(c) Baseball.
(d) A soccer match.

2. How does David intend to use his time while he stays at Lucy's?
(a) He will help with the animals.
(b) He will help with the garden.
(c) He will mend fences.
(d) He will write.

3. Who is the poet that David discusses in Chapter 4?
(a) Wadsworth.
(b) Keats.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Byron.

4. Approximately how old is David Lurie in Chapter 1?
(a) Late forties.
(b) Early fifties.
(c) Early sixties.
(d) Early forties.

5. What is it that David spends time working on in the University library?
(a) Research on Byron.
(b) Research on the art of communication.
(c) Research on Wordsworth.
(d) Research of Adrienne Rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that Lucy suggests that David works for on a volunteer basis?

2. At the beginning of the Chapter 4, when Melanie and David are intimate, she also questions him about the things he collects. What is it that David says that he does not collect?

3. On the day after David and Melanie's date, what disappoints David?

4. What is the town in which Lucy lives?

5. Who is it that recommends that David be dismissed immediately and that he forfeit all benefits?

(see the answer key)

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