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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 sees Lucy on the morning after their attack, what does he realize has happened to her?
2. What is the subject of the poem that David discusses in Chapter 4?
3. On the evening of the visit of this unwelcome visitor, what possession of David's is vandalized?
4. What is David's daughter's name?
5. Who is Elaine Winter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do David's literary references in Chapter 1 suggest about him?
2. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?
3. How does David's opinion of Bev Shaw diminish what one might expect of someone who is a college professor?
4. David describes Melanie as "clever enough, but unengaged." What might the attraction to such a person suggest about David?
5. After Melanie's boyfriend confronts David in his office, he comes to class with Melanie. What is his purpose for this visit?
6. 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?
7. Why is it important to David that Lucy is as he puts it a "woman of passion?"
8. After David spends the day working with Bev Shaw at the animal clinic, what is his estimation of her and her role in the community?
9. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?
10. What might David Lurie offer in his defense of his sexual relations with Melanie Isaacs, his student?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chapter 21. The memories triggered by watching Melanie's play are insightful. They are, very much his version of events and of women. Nonetheless, how does this reverie work to define David and what is important to him?
Essay Topic 2
At the end of Chapter 5, David reads a report of his indiscretion in the local paper. When the piece mentions that David has written a book on the "nature poet, William Wordsworth," David goes off on a tangent and imagines a sort of epitaph that includes, "David Lurie (1945-?), commentator upon, and disgraced disciple of, William Wordsworth. Blest be the infant babe. No outcast he." What can you infer about David's opinion of himself from this self description? What might this descriptor reveal about David's course of action in this ordeal?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, David lectures on Byron's poem, Lara. Using the excerpts in the chapter, or the entire text, discuss the themes of this poem and connect them to what are probable themes in David's life before or now.
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