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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Elgin's parents?
(a) Spiteful.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) Traditional.
(d) Absent.

2. Why is the narrator dating Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator feels bad for her.
(b) The narrator loves her.
(c) The narrator wants to avoid getting hurt.
(d) The narrator wants to get revenge on Jacqueline.

3. Which of the following best describes the narrator's sexual relationship with Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator is passionate about Jacqueline.
(b) The narrator does not believe in sexual attraction.
(c) The narrator is not sexually attracted to Jacqueline.
(d) Jacqueline does not want to have sex with the narrator.

4. Which of the following is a theme in the novel?
(a) Finding love with somebody you previously hated.
(b) Morality.
(c) Sexual frustration.
(d) Anger.

5. Which lover brought out the best in the narrator?
(a) Louise.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Bathsheba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise ask the narrator when telling him or her about Elgin?

2. What part of art troubled Inge?

3. What does the violence in the novel represent?

4. What does Elgin ask Louise after he learns the truth?

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

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