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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 54-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the reader tell about the narrator's feelings about Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator did not love Jacqueline.
(b) The narrator loved Jacqueline passionately.
(c) The narrator despised Jacqueline and most women.
(d) The narrator wanted to be with Jacqueline forever.

2. Which opinion of the narrator's has changed?
(a) Opinion about compassion.
(b) Opinion about marriage.
(c) Opinion about Jacqueline.
(d) Opinion about health conditions.

3. What does Elgin ask Louise after he learns the truth?
(a) If she will have a child with him.
(b) If she will move away with him.
(c) If she will move out of the house.
(d) If she will divorce him.

4. Which of the following is a theme in the novel?
(a) Angry ex-lovers.
(b) Lost relationships.
(c) The past is always hurtful.
(d) Loving somebody you can't have.

5. According to the narrator, what is the end of passion?
(a) Love.
(b) Children.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator most likely feel about infidelity?

2. Which of the following literary devices most accurately describes Jacqueline's anger?

3. What relationship does the reader fear the narrator will have with Louise?

4. How does Louise view Elgin?

5. According to the narrator, how many married women have affairs?

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