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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. As they near their house after their walk, what do Lucy and David hear?
2. What is David's daughter's name?
3. What is one intention of Melanie's that David learns from the phone call that he receives shortly before giving the exam?
4. Who describes taking a liking to poetry being like falling in love?
5. Which description most accurately describes the clothing of the unwelcome visitor in David's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?
2. 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?
3. How does Melanie's cousin Pauline treat David over the telephone when he calls for Melanie?
4. What does it mean when Ms. Rassool says that they, the committee, may have a duty to protect David from himself?
5. Interpret the last sentence of the chapter, "A shadow of envy passes over him for the husband he has never seen."
6. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?
7. What is it about Soraya's character does David find appealing?
8. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?
9. How do you interpret Melanie's lukewarm acceptance of David Lurie into her flat and into her life?
10. How does David's opinion of Bev Shaw diminish what one might expect of someone who is a college professor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the parent and child role in Lucy and David's relationship in Chapter 9 & 10. Explore who is taking on the nurturing and care-taking responsibilities and who is being coddled and disciplined. Also explore what role the countryside setting plays in this role-reversed relationship.
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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