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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When David agrees to go for a walk with Lucy, what must he borrow from her?

2. Where is David Lurie employed?

3. Who is the poet that David discusses in Chapter 4?

4. Which of the following meetings with Melanie does David propose and Melanie agree to?

5. What is the university that is near where Lucy lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. When David puts on soft music and offers wine, he describes this as a ritual. What is this a ritual for?

2. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?

3. When David first learns of the charge of harassment, what is his estimation of Melanie's active part in the charge?

4. How does David's opinion of Bev Shaw diminish what one might expect of someone who is a college professor?

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

6. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?

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

8. After David has resigned, how does Lucy treat the prospect of her father staying with her indefinitely?

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

10. After Melanie's boyfriend confronts David in his office, he comes to class with Melanie. What is his purpose for this visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review David and Lucy's relationship in Chapters 7, 8, and 9. How might their relationship be representative of a generational gap? Is Lucy's stand and concerns in any way a reaction to her parents' lives or is her simplistic life one she freely chose?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 1, the reader meets Soraya and in Chapter 2, the reader meets Melanie. Compare and contrast these two women. What do they have in common? What are their differences?

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 15. What role do the treatment of animals, both dogs and sheep, play in David's transformation?

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