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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator consider unsatisfying when done alone?
(a) Eat at a restaurant.
(b) Drink coffee.
(c) Go to the bookstore.
(d) Watch people through windows.

2. What relationship does the reader fear the narrator will have with Louise?
(a) Similar to the narrator's relationship with Inge.
(b) Similar to the narrator's relationship with Bathsheba.
(c) Similar to the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline.
(d) Similar to the narrator's relationship with Frank.

3. Which of the following types of literary devices are present in the novel?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Anthromorphism.
(c) Irony.
(d) Iambic Pentameter.

4. What is the narrator scared will happen if he or she reveals his or her true feelings to Louise?
(a) She will fear the narrator.
(b) She will become too eager.
(c) She will benefit from not knowing.
(d) She will be scared away.

5. How does Elgin feel about Louise finding sexual fulfillment elsewhere?
(a) He is completely comfortable with it.
(b) He is disgusted by Louise.
(c) He loathes the idea.
(d) He understands it.

6. What does the narrator tell Jacqueline that prompts a problem?
(a) That the narrator simply doesn't love Jacqueline anymore.
(b) That the narrator is going back to Bathsheba.
(c) That the narrator is having an affair with Elgin.
(d) The truth about the narrator's relationship with Louise.

7. Who was Jacqueline married to?
(a) A writer.
(b) A professor.
(c) A painter.
(d) A dentist.

8. How does the narrator feel about one day marrying Louise?
(a) The narrator fears marrying Louise.
(b) The narrator wants to marry Louise.
(c) The narrator thinks Louise has more to benefit from marriage than the narrator does.
(d) The narrator does not believe in any marriage.

9. What did Jacqueline destroy in her apartment?
(a) Bathroom fixtures.
(b) Ceiling tiles.
(c) Flooring.
(d) Kitchen appliances.

10. Which of the following best describes Bruno?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Psychotherapist.
(d) Motorcyclist.

11. Where does the narrator work?
(a) Church.
(b) Zoo.
(c) School.
(d) Library.

12. Who did the narrator date immediately after Bathsheba?
(a) Inge.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Louise.

13. What type of woman is the narrator known to seek out?
(a) Educated women.
(b) Angry women.
(c) Married women.
(d) Shy women.

14. According to Louise, who has said "I love you" to many people?
(a) Louise.
(b) Elgin.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Jacqueline.

15. How does Elgin feel about Louise?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He wants to be with her even if he also has to be with the narrator.
(c) He is ashamed of her.
(d) He does not have any feelings for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacqueline provide most for the narrator?

2. According to the narrator, who would never appreciate an affair?

3. What does the narrator compare his or her affair with Louise to?

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

5. When did the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline stop expanding?

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