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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. Which of the following meetings with Melanie does David propose and Melanie agree to?
2. Who is Rosalind?
3. When David comments to himself on Lucy's wit, to whose wit does he compare it?
4. What is David's response to Bev's comment that she can tell he likes animals?
5. When David accidentally sees Soraya on the street on a day other than when they usually meet, with whom is she?
Short Essay Questions
1. When David first learns of the charge of harassment, what is his estimation of Melanie's active part in the charge?
2. 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?
3. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?
4. Of what significance is it that Soraya wiped off her makeup so readily when David asked her to?
5. At the end of Chapter 2, David suggests Melanie stay and quotes poetry. What is it that makes Melanie's demeanor change at this moment?
6. Interpret the last sentence of the chapter, "A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen."
7. What does David's lecture on Wordsworth reveal about him? What is the ironic about the content of his lecture?
8. When Lucy asks why David isn't trying to justify his actions at the university, what reason does he offer?
9. When Melanie's boyfriend is in the class, the other students are even quieter than they usually are. How might one interpret this silence?
10. What is it about Soraya's character does David find appealing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 16. David cares very much for his daughter, yet repeatedly feels that he ineffective in his goal to help make her life easier. Is he actually ineffective in her eyes or does he just imagine that Lucy sees him this way?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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