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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the reader perceive Jacqueline's anger?
(a) It is overstated.
(b) It is understated.
(c) It is understandable.
(d) It is too intense.

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

3. According to Louise, what is Elgin best suited for?
(a) Research.
(b) Being a parent.
(c) Writing.
(d) Treating patients.

4. What are the names of Elgin's parents?
(a) Esau and Sarah.
(b) Carter and Christie.
(c) Elgin and Cassandra.
(d) Samuel and Jaylyn.

5. Which of the following describes Elgin and Louise's marriage?
(a) They lack physical affection.
(b) They don't spend any time together anymore.
(c) They lack internal affection.
(d) They lack compassion for anybody except themselves.

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

7. What does the narrator compare his or her affair with Louise to?
(a) A couple in therapy.
(b) Other affairs Louise has had.
(c) Other affairs the narrator has had.
(d) High school relationships.

8. What does the violence in the novel represent?
(a) Idealism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Postmodernism.
(d) Pessimism.

9. Where does Louise invite the narrator to go together alone?
(a) A museum.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The movie theather.
(d) The opera.

10. What did Bathsheba once expose the narrator to?
(a) A sexually transmitted disease.
(b) Drug culture.
(c) A group of violent men.
(d) An illegal gambling ring.

11. Which of the following describes Jacqueline's allure to the narrator?
(a) Simple.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Sick.
(d) Sensitive.

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

13. Who does Jacqueline attack?
(a) Elgin.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Louise.
(d) Bathsheba.

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

15. Where is Louise from?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator afraid of about revealing his or her relationship with Louise?

2. What type of people was Frank raised by?

3. According to the narrator, why do married women have affairs?

4. Which of the following best describes the narrator's sexual relationship with Jacqueline?

5. What is Elgin worried about after he learns the truth?

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