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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who it that insists to David that Petrus is a good man?
(a) Ettinger.
(b) Bev Shaw.
(c) Bill Shaw.
(d) Helen.

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

3. When David comments to himself on Lucy's wit, to whose wit does he compare it?
(a) His mother's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) His.

4. What is David's daughter's name?
(a) Pauline.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Rosalind.
(d) Lara.

5. It is clear that Bev knows of David's past. About what does she know a great deal?
(a) His ex-wives.
(b) His affairs with women.
(c) His writings about Byron.
(d) His lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the walk David and Lucy go on near her house, they discuss the cycads. What are cycads?

2. At the end of the Chapter 11, where does Lucy begin to walk to?

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

4. When David visits Lucy in her room, what is she doing?

5. What borrowed farm equipment does Petrus have on his farm?

(see the answer key)

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