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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. Where do David and Catherine have breakfast while on their honeymoon?

2. What does David do while Catherine and Marita are on a day trip?

3. What do David and Catherine drink during their first argument?

4. What are the girls doing when David finishes writing the day after he returns?

5. What startles David from his writing in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Catherine tell David she wants to be when she gets bored, and how does David respond to this?

2. What does Catherine say when she meets up with David and his friend at the cafy in Chapter 7?

3. What happens when David and Catherine drink absinthe?

4. How does David catch his sea bass?

5. Why does David want to go with Catherine to Biarritz?

6. How does David feel about Catherine's haircut?

7. About what does David feel guilty when Catherine and Marita are in Nice?

8. What happens while David and Catherine are swimming at the cove?

9. What does David do when he wakes up the morning after returning to the girls?

10. What does David lie awake thinking about at night, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Catherine displays a very controlling nature in this book. How does her need for control affect the people around her, and why is this controlling nature so significant for the setting of this book?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how do their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the Cove, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in these scenes, and what do these events symbolize?

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