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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the things Lucy does to support herself?
(a) She raises goats.
(b) She raises chickens.
(c) She boards dogs.
(d) She grows organic vegatables to sell.

2. What is Melanie's role in the play?
(a) An employee in a boutique.
(b) An employee in a factory.
(c) An employee in a cafe.
(d) An employee in a hair salon.

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

4. What is the mood in the car after Lucy and David spend the day at the local market?
(a) Comforting.
(b) Argumentative and blaming.
(c) Tearful silence.
(d) Strained silence.

5. What is the name of the second woman from the escort agency that David meets with?
(a) Lidia.
(b) Emma.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Soraya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the exam, David receives a phone call. Who calls him?

2. On the way home, what does Lucy accuse her father of?

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

4. After the hearing, who is it that asks David how the hearing went?

5. Where is Melanie during the hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might David Lurie offer in his defense of his sexual relations with Melanie Isaacs, his student?

2. When pressed by his colleagues to offer an explanation for his behavior with Melanie, what explanation does David offer?

3. After the attack on Lucy's farm, how does David try to comfort Lucy and what is her reaction?

4. When David is lecturing in Chapter 3, the thoughts he imagines his students having are in italics: "What is he talking about? What does this old man know about love?" What does this awareness reveal about him?

5. While David pleads guilty, he will not say that he repents. What is his reason for refusing this request to sign a repentance?

6. How do you interpret Melanie's lukewarm acceptance of David Lurie into her flat and into her life?

7. When Melanie's boyfriend is in the class, the other students are even quieter than they usually are. How might one interpret this silence?

8. What might one make of David's abundance of notes on Byron rather than recognizing that the "two fat files" of notes might be enough to begin writing?

9. What does David's lecture on Wordsworth reveal about him? What is the ironic about the content of his lecture?

10. When Melanie's father calls David, how does David respond to Melanie's father's request for help?

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