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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator believe Louise feels about Elgin?

2. Which of the following best describes the narrator when he or she is in a relationship with Jacqueline?

3. What is Louise's last name?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the relationship between Louise and Elgin.

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

4. How does the narrator look back at affairs?

5. What part does irony play in the novel?

6. After Jacqueline attacks Louise, what prediction can the reader make for the way the relationship will progress between the narrator and Louise?

7. What is Elgin's reaction to Louise having an affair?

8. By the end of the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline, does he or she still believe that marriage is the end of passion?

9. Describe Inge.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the characters grow throughout the novel? Which character changes the most? Which character changes the least? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the relationship between Louise and Elgin. Why is it important to note the status of their relationship? What type of relationship do they have? Does this justify Louise's affair with the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Is the narrator a moral character? Why or why not? Are the secondary characters moral? Why or why not? How does the narrator justify his or her morality? Why do you think the narrator feels the need to do this?

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