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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. What does Melanie say she hates to do?
2. When David decides to get a lawyer, who does he contact?
3. What is Melanie's role in the play?
4. Approximately how old is David Lurie in Chapter 1?
5. Where does David's daughter live?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do David's literary references in Chapter 1 suggest about him?
2. After the attack on Lucy's farm, how does David try to comfort Lucy and what is her reaction?
3. How do you interpret Melanie's lukewarm acceptance of David Lurie into her flat and into her life?
4. When Melanie is with David in his daughter's room, why might Melanie have such an interest in David's previous sexual conquests?
5. What does it mean when Ms. Rassool says that they, the committee, may have a duty to protect David from himself?
6. What does Bev's acceptance of David, even after he tells her of his forced resignation, suggest about her?
7. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?
8. While David pleads guilty, he will not say that he repents. What is his reason for refusing this request to sign a repentance?
9. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?
10. In what way might Lucy's concern for flowers and animals be representative of an archetypal figure in literature?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chapter 23. David's life has always included literature. His references to literature are casual and throughout his narrative. They are his way of defining episodes in his life. Why, then, might he have chosen to write an opera instead of a novel? What might this musical form offer him that literature would not?
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 12. Explain how Lucy's rape altered her personality. Discuss Lucy's remarks about the issue of racism and inherent guilt in South Africa and how this guilt influences her beliefs and actions thus far in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 16. The character of Petrus is not as fully realized as other characters, namely David, Lucy and Bev. Nonetheless, he is an important character. Explain what role Petrus plays in the character development of the other characters.
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