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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator answer Louise's question about the future of their relationship?
(a) That only Elgin stands in the way.
(b) That only Jacqueline stands in the way
(c) That it is not important at this point.
(d) That it's impossible to know at this point.

2. Which of the following best describes the narrator when he or she is in a relationship with Jacqueline?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elgin feel about Louise finding sexual fulfillment elsewhere?

2. Whose belongings does Jacqueline destroy?

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

4. Where does Louise invite the narrator to go together alone?

5. Which best describes the narrator's reliability?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part does irony play in the novel?

2. How does the narrator feel about marriage with Louise?

3. Describe how the narrator changes from before meeting Louise to after breaking up with Jacqueline. What does this say about the narrator?

4. What is Bathsheba's lasting effect on the narrator?

5. Why doesn't the narrator leave Jacqueline for Louise?

6. What is Louise's effect on the narrator?

7. What has caused a rift between Louise and Elgin?

8. How does the narrator look back at affairs?

9. Describe Inge.

10. Why can't Elgin work directly with patients?

(see the answer keys)

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