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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 87-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which best describes the narrator's reliability?
(a) The narrator is not reliable, and he or she admits it.
(b) The narrator is completely unreliable.
(c) The narrator is reliable.
(d) The narrator's judgement is affected by the past.

3. According to the narrator, how many married women have affairs?
(a) A quarter of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) Less than 10 percent of them.
(d) Half of them.

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

5. What part of art troubled Inge?
(a) The portrayal of animals and humans together.
(b) The portrayal of the female figure.
(c) The portrayal of children.
(d) The portrayal of mother nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator date immediately after Bathsheba?

2. What did Jacqueline destroy in her apartment?

3. How does Louise view Elgin?

4. Where do Louise and the narrator go together on vacation?

5. When the narrator reflects back on early days of his or her affair with Louise, what types of memories are they?

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