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

2. On the day of the exam in David's class, what does he find in his mailbox?
(a) Melanie's exam.
(b) A note from Melanie's boyfried informing David that Melanie is sick.
(c) A note from Melanie saying she is not prepared for the exam.
(d) Melanie's withdrawal card.

3. Why is David not paying attention to the sports commentators?
(a) He does not speak or understand their language.
(b) He says sports is more entertaining if you make your own commentary.
(c) He hates sports.
(d) He suggests that the sport is "fixed."

4. Before the exam, David receives a phone call. Who calls him?
(a) Melanie's mother.
(b) Melanie's father.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Melanie's boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the things Lucy does to support herself?

3. Chapter 9 opens with David watching television. What is he watching?

4. Where do David and Lucy spend the night after David is treated at the hospital?

5. Which person confesses a strong liking for the poetry of Wordsworth?

Short Essay Questions

1. When David goes to visit Lucy, what is his observation of Lucy's country life?

2. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?

3. What is it about Soraya's character does David find appealing?

4. David describes Melanie as "clever enough, but unengaged." What might the attraction to such a person suggest about David?

5. What do David's literary references in Chapter 1 suggest about him?

6. When Melanie is with David in his daughter's room, why might Melanie have such an interest in David's previous sexual conquests?

7. How does Melanie's cousin Pauline treat David over the telephone when he calls for Melanie?

8. Why is it important to David that Lucy is as he puts it a "woman of passion?"

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

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

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