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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. According to the message of the story, what is love more than?
(a) Growing as a person.
(b) Health.
(c) Pleasing everybody.
(d) Societal restrictions.

2. Which ex-lover seems to effect the narrator the most?
(a) Bathsheba.
(b) Igne.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Jacqueline.

3. What type of home does the narrator rent in the country?
(a) Cottage.
(b) Condo.
(c) Mansion.
(d) Apartment.

4. How does the narrator get back to London from the countryside?
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Bike.

5. Why is the narrator's boss a significant character?
(a) She discourages the narrator from finding Louise.
(b) She takes the narrator's mind off Louise.
(c) She gives the narrator money to find Louise.
(d) She helps lead the narrator back to Louise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Louise grow throughout the novel?

2. Where does the narrator get thrown out of?

3. Who tells the narrator that he or she made a mistake in trusting Elgin?

4. Who ends up being at the cottage when the narrator returns from London?

5. Why is it significant that Louise and the narrator go on vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator leaves Louise, who do you think is happiest?

2. How does Louise affect the narrator's work?

3. How does the narrator prove deep love for Louise?

4. What role does the theme "temptation" play in the novel?

5. What is the narrator's goal throughout the novel? Has he or she achieved it so far?

6. Why does Louise say that she doesn't need treatment? Is she telling the truth?

7. Why does Louise file for divorce?

8. Why does the narrator decide to leave Louise?

9. What does Gail provide for the narrator?

10. By the end of the novel, do you think that the narrator is a man or woman?

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