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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. Approximately how old is David Lurie in Chapter 1?

2. What is the mood in the car after Lucy and David spend the day at the local market?

3. Shortly before David's class, who is the unwelcome visitor in his office?

4. When Lucy and David go on their spring morning walk, what 3 things does she marvel at?

5. Of what ethnicity is Soraya?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Melanie's boyfriend is in the class, the other students are even quieter than they usually are. How might one interpret this silence?

4. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?

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

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

7. How does Melanie's cousin Pauline treat David over the telephone when he calls for Melanie?

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

9. What does Bev's acceptance of David, even after he tells her of his forced resignation, suggest about her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 20. The energy that David puts into his play waivers as his life situation waivers. How might the energy that he puts to his play in Chapter 20 speak to his emotional state?

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 10. What are the fundamental differences between the two people, Bev Shaw and David, who attempt to nurture Lucy? Based upon this differences, why might Lucy be more willing to accept nurturing from one of them rather than the other?

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