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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Strane describe the allegations against him on page 187?
(a) As having no compassion.
(b) As having no understanding.
(c) As having no cure.
(d) As having no logic.

2. What has Vanessa been writing for three years, as revealed on page 281?
(a) A memoir.
(b) A modern interpretation of Lolita.
(c) An anonymous blog.
(d) A book of poetry.

3. What Nabokov novel does Vanessa discuss with Plough, intriguing him?
(a) Pnin.
(b) Despair.
(c) Pale Fire.
(d) Laughter in the Dark.

4. How does Vanessa describe her living situation with her roommate on page 268?
(a) As an arrangement of friendliness.
(b) As an arrangement of functionality.
(c) As an arrangement of access.
(d) As an arrangement of convenience.

5. How does Strane describe himself on page 187?
(a) As a monster.
(b) As a penitent.
(c) As confused.
(d) As an innocent man.

6. How does Vanessa spend the summer before her senior year of college?
(a) Delivering pizza.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) Pumping gas.
(d) Cleaning hotel rooms.

7. According to Strane on page 304, what is the only thing he did to the girl accusing him?
(a) Gave her a book of poetry.
(b) Touched her hand.
(c) Offered her a beer.
(d) Brushed against her leg.

8. According to Strane on page 341, what does Vanessa’s blog satisfy for her?
(a) Her need to confess.
(b) Her need to fictionalize.
(c) Her need to justify.
(d) Her need to romanticize.

9. According to Strane on page 304, what did the experience with Vanessa brand him as?
(a) A pedophile.
(b) A freak.
(c) A deviant.
(d) A misfit.

10. Which of Plough’s seminars does Vanessa take in the spring semester of her senior year?
(a) Romantic lit.
(b) Gothic lit.
(c) Renaissance lit.
(d) Victorian lit.

11. What does Vanessa have the urge to do after speaking with Strane on page 187?
(a) Run away.
(b) Call 911.
(c) Throw up.
(d) Take a shower.

12. What type of women populate the literature in Plough’s seminar class, as explained on page 321?
(a) Vengeful women.
(b) Obsessive women.
(c) Manipulative women.
(d) Depressed women.

13. What is one reason teenage girls should not date older men, as Vanessa reasons on page 260?
(a) The spiritual imbalance.
(b) The hormonal imbalance.
(c) The power imbalance.
(d) The legal imbalance.

14. According to Vanessa on page 319, what does Vanessa believe about her role in Strane’s abuse of other girls?
(a) She believes she is free from blame.
(b) She believes he never hurt anyone.
(c) She believes she could have stopped him.
(d) She believes she understands his actions.

15. According to Strane on page 358, what does he pretend about his students?
(a) That they are Vanessa.
(b) That they understand him.
(c) That they fear him.
(d) That they like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vanessa compare Plough to Strane on page 272?

2. Of what is Craig a veteran, as revealed on page 214?

3. According to Vanessa on page 260, why is what Strane did to her not a crime?

4. According to Vanessa on page 246, what did Strane steal from her?

5. What does Strane want regarding Vanessa’s blog, as he explains on page 341?

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