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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Louise and Elgin?
(a) They are friends.
(b) They are married.
(c) They are dating.
(d) They are related.

2. When is Louise ready to hear that the narrator loves her?
(a) When they live toether.
(b) When Louise has left Elgin.
(c) When the narrator means it.
(d) When Jacqueline knows about the relationship.

3. What is Elgin worried about after he learns the truth?
(a) Jacqueline hurting Louise.
(b) Louise falling in love with the narrator.
(c) The narrator moving in with them.
(d) Louise leaving him.

4. What is most significant about the narrator?
(a) The narrator is unlikeable.
(b) The reader doesn't know the gender or name of the narrator.
(c) The reader doesn't understand the narrator's motives.
(d) The narrator has had many affairs.

5. How does Louise view Elgin?
(a) Purposely hurtful.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Cold.
(d) Romantic.

6. What is Elgin's religion?
(a) He is an atheist.
(b) He is Catholic.
(c) He is Protestant.
(d) He is Jewish.

7. How does the narrator view Jacqueline?
(a) Angry.
(b) Steady.
(c) Out of shape.
(d) Brilliant.

8. What did Bathsheba bring out most in the narrator?
(a) A bad side.
(b) A philosophical side.
(c) A shy side.
(d) A sexual side.

9. After the narrator reveals the truth, what is Jacqueline's fate?
(a) She is homeless.
(b) She is guaranteed to find love elsewhere.
(c) She is now doomed.
(d) She has been saved.

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

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

12. When the narrator goes on a first date with Louise, who is he or she supposed to spend the night with?
(a) Inge.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Elgin.

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

14. Which of the following literary devices most accurately describes Jacqueline's anger?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Diction.
(c) Simile.
(d) Irony.

15. How did Elgin's mother die?
(a) Gun injury.
(b) Complications after surgery.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Inge?

2. Where does Jacqueline work?

3. What is Jacqueline's relationship with Louise?

4. What did Elgin study?

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

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