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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. Who is it that Lucy suggests that David works for on a volunteer basis?

2. How is David able to locate Soraya after she apparently discontinues their relationship?

3. Why is David a little slow to recognize Lucy when she comes out to greet him in Chapter 7?

4. As proceedings are introduced against David, what kind of "irregularities" does Elaine Winter introduce against David?

5. In what publication does an article about David appear the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what significance is it that Soraya wiped off her makeup so readily when David asked her to?

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

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

4. What does it mean when Ms. Rassool says that they, the committee, may have a duty to protect David from himself?

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 does David's lecture on Wordsworth reveal about him? What is the ironic about the content of his lecture?

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

8. When Lucy asks why David isn't trying to justify his actions at the university, what reason does he offer?

9. When David goes to visit Lucy, what is his observation of Lucy's country life?

10. When Melanie's father calls David, how does David respond to Melanie's father's request for help?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is it that brings about the ethical and moral transformation of David in Chapter 14? Is this transformation the result of his experiences and trauma of the violent attack or is he "replacing" the vitality that Lucy lost?

Essay Topic 2

Review David and Lucy's relationship in Chapters 7, 8, and 9. How might their relationship be representative of a generational gap? Is Lucy's stand and concerns in any way a reaction to her parents' lives or is her simplistic life one she freely chose?

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 19. David comments that before this, he thought that after a certain age, it wasn't possible to learn lessons. How is this decision at odds with David's comments at his hearing regarding his involvement with Melanie?

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