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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 the first meeting of David and Soraya, what was it that David strongly disliked?
2. What does Melanie say she hates to do?
3. When Melanie and David enter his house, what does he offer her?
4. When David agrees to go for a walk with Lucy, what must he borrow from her?
5. While one charge against David has to do with misconduct involving Melanie, what does the other charge have to do with?
Short Essay Questions
1. After class, David comments that if he were alone with Melanie, he would call her "his little dove" and embrace her. Why then does he treat her so sternly?
2. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?
3. When Melanie is with David in his daughter's room, why might Melanie have such an interest in David's previous sexual conquests?
4. After Melanie's boyfriend confronts David in his office, he comes to class with Melanie. What is his purpose for this visit?
5. When David puts on soft music and offers wine, he describes this as a ritual. What is this a ritual for?
6. What does Bev's acceptance of David, even after he tells her of his forced resignation, suggest about her?
7. After David has resigned, how does Lucy treat the prospect of her father staying with her indefinitely?
8. Interpret the last sentence of the chapter, "A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen."
9. What do David's literary references in Chapter 1 suggest about him?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Chapter 15. What role do the treatment of animals, both dogs and sheep, play in David's transformation?
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