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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver hear Jenny say to a man named Phil?
(a) That she can't stand Oliver.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she is leaving school.
(d) That she is dating Oliver.

2. Why does the girl at Radcliffe's library object to Oliver's using Radcliffe's library instead of Harvard's?
(a) Because Harvard steals money from Radcliffe's budget.
(b) Because Radcliffe is supposed to be an all-girls' school.
(c) Because Radcliffe's library is so much smaller.
(d) Because Harvard always beats Radcliffe in polo.

3. Who picks up the tab for the wedding reception at a local pub?
(a) Oliver's dad in secret.
(b) Phil.
(c) Jenny's many relatives.
(d) Oliver.

4. Who attends Oliver's graduation?
(a) Oliver's mother, Phil and Jenny.
(b) Just Jenny.
(c) Phil and Jenny.
(d) All of Jenny's relatives and Oliver's mother.

5. What is Oliver and his father's relationship like at this point in the story?
(a) They have managed to reconcile somewhat.
(b) They both speak to each through Oliver's mother, which is how Oliver gets money for school.
(c) They are going to therapy together.
(d) Completely estranged; they are not speaking to each other.

6. Of what does the girl accuse Oliver?
(a) Being overbearing.
(b) Being rich and dumb.
(c) Trying to walk out of the library with books he did not check out.
(d) Having too much money and not enough compassion.

7. Some people might describe Love Story as akin to what Shakespeare play?
(a) As You Like It.
(b) All's Well That Ends Well.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The Tempest.

8. After dinner, how can the atmosphere between Oliver and his father be described?
(a) Congenial.
(b) Strained peace.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Outright hostility.

9. When Oliver walks Jennifer back to her dorm, what does he tell her?
(a) That he had a terrible time with her.
(b) That he might not see her for a few months.
(c) That he doesn't think they should see each other again.
(d) That he would like to take her to meet his family.

10. What does Jenny feel is "sacred"?
(a) The unstated agreement between a country and its citizens.
(b) Go to church on Sundays.
(c) The parent-child relationship.
(d) Supporting her school's sport teams.

11. What does Oliver's father think the reason is for Oliver's wanting to marry Jenny?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Because Jenny is pregnant.
(c) Her good looks.
(d) For her money.

12. Where did Oliver get wounded in the hockey game?
(a) His side.
(b) His leg.
(c) His face.
(d) He did not get hurt.

13. What does Jenny say is part of Oliver's life?
(a) Her father, Phil.
(b) His love of heraldry.
(c) His prestigious family background.
(d) His little sister who annoys him.

14. What does this chapter foreshadow in terms of Oliver and his father?
(a) An increasing distance between the two.
(b) That Oliver's father will totally approve of Oliver's choices.
(c) A sudden breakthrough and intimacy.
(d) That Oliver will kill his father.

15. With whom is he talking?
(a) Associate Dean of Law School.
(b) The apartment Landlord.
(c) His father.
(d) Jenny's new music teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Oliver asks Jenny to marry him, what did the relationship seem to be?

2. From what fact that Jenny discovers does she take comfort?

3. In which hockey game does Oliver get hurt?

4. What is Oliver's response to what Jenny says?

5. Doing what do Oliver and his father have a little bit of competition?

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