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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 Melanie and David enter his house, what does he offer her?

2. Who is it that comes to pick up David at the hospital after he is treated?

3. What happens to David and Lucy as they return to their house after they hear the noise?

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

5. In the hearing, which of the following does Rassool NOT ask David if he has sought for help?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is David's reaction to Lucy's determination to go back to her farm?

8. Interpret the last sentence of the chapter, "A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen."

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Chapter 16. How might the party Petrus has be a symbolic event in the story? Might this event crystallize conflict in the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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