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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As David walks home from the library, why does he muse that his weeks are now "featureless?"
(a) Classes are out of session.
(b) His work is boring.
(c) Soraya is gone.
(d) It rains constantly.

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

4. What is one piece of advice that the Vice Rector of the university gives David?
(a) He suggests David act as his own lawyer.
(b) He suggests that David not get a lawyer because it will make him appear guilty.
(c) He suggests David get a female lawyer.
(d) He suggests David get a male lawyer.

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

6. What is one piece of advice that the lawyer gives David?
(a) Deny everything.
(b) Aim for a settlement.
(c) Assert that his and Melanie's relationship was consentual.
(d) Assert that he and Melanie are in love and have plans to marry.

7. As proceedings are introduced against David, what kind of "irregularities" does Elaine Winter introduce against David?
(a) Melanie's essays being generously graded.
(b) Melanie's not submitting sufficient work.
(c) Melanie's grade being suspiciously high.
(d) Melanie's attendance not being reported accurately.

8. After secretly observing Melanie, how does David follow up in his pursuit of Melanie?
(a) He sends her flowers.
(b) He sends her a poem he wrote for her.
(c) He arrives unexpectedly at her apartment.
(d) He asks her to an expensive restaurant.

9. Which description most accurately describes the clothing of the unwelcome visitor in David's office?
(a) Black leather.
(b) Suit and tie.
(c) Black dress.
(d) Jeans and a t-shirt.

10. Which person confesses a strong liking for the poetry of Adrienne Rich and Toni Morrison?
(a) David.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Byron.
(d) Adrienne Rich.

11. Lucy says Bev admires David. What is the reason Lucy says that Bev admires David?
(a) David is a professor.
(b) David is Lucy's father.
(c) David is handsome.
(d) David is good with animals.

12. When David and Lucy go for a walk, what does Lucy suggest that David should do?
(a) Accept being alone.
(b) Find a woman his own age.
(c) Get in touch with Melanie.
(d) Try to reconcile with his ex-wife.

13. When Melanie and David enter his house, what does he offer her?
(a) Iced Tea.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Tea.
(d) Wine.

14. Who is it that visits David's class several days after the vandalizing of his property?
(a) Melanie's mother.
(b) Melanie's roommate.
(c) Melanie's father.
(d) Melanie's boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how old is David Lurie in Chapter 1?

2. When David accidentally sees Soraya on a day other than when they usually meet, how do they react?

3. At the end of the Chapter 2, what is the word that best describes the way in which Melanie decides she must go?

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

5. On the night after David's day at the clinic when David cannot sleep, what does he do?

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