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

2. Whose belongings does Jacqueline destroy?
(a) Louise's.
(b) Her own.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) Elgin's.

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

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

5. What is the narrator afraid of about revealing his or her relationship with Louise?
(a) Not having a place to live.
(b) Getting hurt emotionally by Louise.
(c) Getting physically hurt by Jacqueline.
(d) Hurting Jacqueline emotionally.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a theme in the novel?

2. Where does Jacqueline work?

3. What can the reader tell about the narrator's feelings about Jacqueline?

4. What does the narrator tell Jacqueline that prompts a problem?

5. According to Louise, who has said "I love you" to many people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Louise and Elgin.

2. What is the narrator's initial impression of Louise?

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

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

5. Was Jacqueline's ignorance about the narrator's affair good or bad?

6. How does the narrator justify his or her relationship with Louise?

7. Why does Louise refuse the narrator's affection?

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

9. According to the narrator, why would Louise appreciate having an affair?

10. Do you think that Jacqueline's character will play a larger role in the novel? Why or why not?

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