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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem that David discusses in Chapter 4?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Italy.
(d) The Alps.

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

3. Who is it that recommends that David be dismissed immediately and that he forfeit all benefits?
(a) Mathabane.
(b) Melanie's father.
(c) Aram Hakim.
(d) Rassool.

4. Which person confesses a strong liking for the poetry of Wordsworth?
(a) Adrienne Rich.
(b) David.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Byron.

5. Who is Helen?
(a) A woman who lives in Lucy's house.
(b) Lucy's neighbor.
(c) Lucy's helper with the gardening.
(d) Lucy's cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before David visits his daughter, his ex-wife calls him with news. What is this news?

2. After secretly observing Melanie, how does David follow up in his pursuit of Melanie?

3. How does David intend to use his time while he stays at Lucy's?

4. Except for the course in Romantic poets, what is the general academic area of the courses that David teaches?

5. When David comments to himself on Lucy's wit, to whose wit does he compare it?

(see the answer key)

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