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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. What has David told Rosalind is a hobby, but in fact is something that "consumes" him?
2. At the meeting between Rosalind and David, something about his appearance makes her "shudder." What is it?
3. As Chapter 15 begins, for what event is Petrus preparing?
4. Who or what is it that particularly enjoys David's new past time?
5. What borrowed farm equipment does Petrus have on his farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. How might one interpret Elaine Winter's treatment of David at the grocery store?
2. When David brings in his dog to Bev, the description is, "Bearing him in his arms like a lamb. . ." What does this image evoke?
3. Is there a symbolic significance to the characters of his libretto in progress "fading away" and being replaced by the corpses of dogs, his new work?
4. What might one make of David missing the ducks and the dogs?
5. When David read the article in The Herald that reports the story of the assailants and what happened at Lucy's farm, how is his reaction in keeping with his character?
6. How is David's remark "If she [Bev] is poor, he is bankrupt," that concludes this chapter revealing?
7. What does David's description of Desiree suggest?
8. What is one to make of Petrus's lack of reaction to David's accusation that one of the men at his party is the assailant?
9. What is ironic about David's suggestion at the end of Chapter 22 that Lucy is as humiliated as a dog?
10. How might Lucy's and David's switching of bedrooms be construed as symbolic of some other switch between them?
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 24. How can David's bringing his dog to Bev be symbolic of his growth or transformation in this novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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