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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. On what day of the week does David meet Soraya?
2. What is one piece of advice that the lawyer gives David?
3. Who is the poet that David discusses in Chapter 4?
4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, when Melanie and David are intimate, she questions him about Amanda. Who is Amanda?
5. Who is Bev Shaw?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it important to David that Lucy is as he puts it a "woman of passion?"
2. 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?
3. When Melanie's father calls David, how does David respond to Melanie's father's request for help?
4. What is it about Soraya's character does David find appealing?
5. In Chapter 12, why is David amazed that Bill Shaw comes to the hospital to pick him up after his burns are treated?
6. What might David Lurie offer in his defense of his sexual relations with Melanie Isaacs, his student?
7. How does David's opinion of Bev Shaw diminish what one might expect of someone who is a college professor?
8. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?
9. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?
10. When David puts on soft music and offers wine, he describes this as a ritual. What is this a ritual for?
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
Chapter 24. How can David's bringing his dog to Bev be symbolic of his growth or transformation in this novel?
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 16. How might the party Petrus has be a symbolic event in the story? Might this event crystallize conflict in the story?
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