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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. What explains Louise's easy affection for the narrator?

2. What did Elgin study?

3. What do vague elements in the story allow the reader to focus on?

4. What part of art troubled Inge?

5. Who did the narrator date immediately after Bathsheba?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Louise and Elgin.

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

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

4. According to the narrator, why wouldn't Jacqueline appreciate an affair?

5. What is Jacqueline's reaction to finding out about the narrator's affair with Louise?

6. Does it make sense for Jacqueline to attack Louise? Is it consistent with her character?

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

8. What foreshadowing is present in this story?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three characters to analyze in terms of their perceptions of humanity. How do these three characters perceive the nature of humanity? Do they have generally positive or negative outlooks? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Is the narrator simply using Jacqueline, or does he or she feel genuine affection for her? Why do you think this is so? Why does the narrator stay with Jacqueline? What does this tell the reader about the narrator?

Essay Topic 3

What are Elgin's intentions in sending Louise away? Why can the reader see the situation more clearly than the narrator can? Why is the narrator able to leave Louise?

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