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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 makes Dixon suspicious of Bertrand and Carol in Chapter 5?

2. How does Bertrand feel about Dixon's suggestion that the rich help the poor?

3. What musical instrument does Dixon learn he will have to play at art week?

4. In Chapter 5, what impresses Dixon about Margaret after he uses the bathroom?

5. Whom does Carol end up going to the dance with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Margaret and Dixon talk about when she is first released from the hospital?

2. What happens because of Dixon's avoidance of being introduced to Bertrand?

3. What advice does Carol give Dixon while they dance?

4. In Chapter 5, what happens between Dixon and Margaret?

5. In Chapter 10, what role does Gore-Urquhart play at the dance?

6. How does Dixon help Christine in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 5, what does Dixon see when he first returns to the house?

8. In Chapter 4, what makes Dixon nervous about the music?

9. How does Carol act at the university dance?

10. In Chapter 1, what article does Welch want published and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast at least two romantic relationships in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Examine what motivates Dixon throughout the novel. How do these things help define and develop his character?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the struggle between classes that is explored in "Lucky Jim". What is the message about class systems?

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