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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is it that Lucy suggests that David works for in return for a fee?
(a) Herself.
(b) Petrus.
(c) Bev Shaw.
(d) Bill Shaw.

2. Who is Bev Shaw?
(a) A woman who runs the animal clinic.
(b) A woman who wants to buy Lucy's farm.
(c) A woman David knew long ago.
(d) A woman who shares the market stall with Lucy.

3. When David sees Lucy on the morning after their attack, what does he realize has happened to her?
(a) Lucy has been drugged.
(b) Lucy has been shot.
(c) Lucy has been raped.
(d) Lucy has been stabbed.

4. Who describes taking a liking to poetry being like falling in love?
(a) David.
(b) Byron.
(c) Adrienne Rich.
(d) Melanie.

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

6. How is David able to locate Soraya after she apparently discontinues their relationship?
(a) She finally calls him.
(b) He gets information from her employer.
(c) He follows her.
(d) He contracts a private investigator.

7. Who does David request to speak to after class?
(a) Amanda.
(b) The unwelcome visitor.
(c) Lara.
(d) Melanie.

8. In Chapter 10, when David goes to the animal clinic to help Bev, how does he assist?
(a) He grinds medication.
(b) He does paper work.
(c) He sweeps the kennels.
(d) He holds the animals down.

9. As they near their house after their walk, what do Lucy and David hear?
(a) Birds chirping.
(b) Petrus singing.
(c) Geese honking.
(d) Dogs barking.

10. When the unwelcome guest comes to David's class, he correctly answers a question in one word. What is the answer?
(a) Lara.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Byron.
(d) Guilt.

11. Which of the following meetings with Melanie does David propose and Melanie agree to?
(a) A ride home.
(b) A brunch.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A movie.

12. Except for the course in Romantic poets, what is the general academic area of the courses that David teaches?
(a) Novels.
(b) World Languages.
(c) Communications.
(d) History.

13. What is David's response to Bev's comment that she can tell he likes animals?
(a) He says he eats them.
(b) He says he never realized it, but he does in fact like animals.
(c) He says he can take them or leave them.
(d) He says that, in fact, he doesn't like animals.

14. At the end of this class, what is the next poem that the class is assigned to read?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) The Prelude.
(c) Child Harold.
(d) Don Juan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Melanie during the hearing?

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

3. When David accidentally sees Soraya on the street on a day other than when they usually meet, with whom is she?

4. After David forces himself on an aloof and passionless Melanie, how does David feel about himself?

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

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