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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sitting on the bus with Helen, Connell mentally applies all but which of the following adjectives to Marianne?
(a) Formidable.
(b) Contained.
(c) Exquisite.
(d) Glamourous.

2. What is the name of Connell's roommate during his early college years?
(a) Niall.
(b) Jules.
(c) Cillian.
(d) Patrick.

3. Once Connell has been with Helen for a while, he decides that Marianne is different from him in what major way?
(a) She is sensitive.
(b) She is masochistic.
(c) She is damaged.
(d) She gets emotionally attached.

4. Connell reflects upon the fact that even when his conversations with Helen are what, "he still feels better after talking to her" (159)?
(a) Boring.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Quick.
(d) Long.

5. Connell has already left the room by the time Lorraine suggests that perhaps he had taken what action in relation to the Marianne situation?
(a) He had misunderstood.
(b) He had acted out of instinct.
(c) He had forgotten to trust Marianne.
(d) He had acted impulsively.

6. To what location do Miss Neary and Connell travel together after running into each other at a club?
(a) Miss Neary's house.
(b) Marianne's house.
(c) Connell's house.
(d) A different bar.

7. Who shatters one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?
(a) Niall.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Peggy.

8. Who is the first man with whom Marianne has a relationship after her split from Connell?
(a) Jamie.
(b) Lorimer.
(c) Niall.
(d) Devon.

9. When Marianne encounters Lorraine and Connell, in what location do they run into each other?
(a) The library.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The pool hall.
(d) The supermarket.

10. Connell's correspondence with Marianne during her summer away consists mainly of what form?
(a) Postcards.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Texts.
(d) Emails.

11. In what location does Marianne sleep the night of her fight with Jamie?
(a) In the guest room with Connell.
(b) In her bedroom with Jamie.
(c) In the rocking chair on the porch.
(d) In the living room on the couch.

12. For what sole purpose has Connell entered the church in the past?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Sunday School lessons.
(c) Christmas Masses.
(d) Weekly Sunday Masses.

13. Connell has begun watching Peggy's behavior because he has begun to suspect what?
(a) That Peggy does not like him.
(b) That Peggy is stealing from Marianne.
(c) That Peggy is sleeping with Jamie.
(d) That Peggy is sleeping with Marianne.

14. Marianne's champagne coupes had been a gift from whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her brother.

15. What sport does Rooney use in a metaphor describing the post-sex conversations between Marianne and Connell?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Figure skating.
(d) Bowling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marianne tells Connell that she hopes that the two of them will always do what for each other?

2. Against what surface does someone smash one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?

3. Marianne reminds Connell that the two of them had gotten coffee together prior to seeing which Alfred Hitchcock movie?

4. Who proposes that Connell and Marianne participate in a threesome, much to the couple's chagrin?

5. Peggy often treats Marianne in what way?

(see the answer keys)

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