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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 is the university that is near where Lucy lives?
(a) New South Africa University.
(b) Suffolk University.
(c) Essex University.
(d) Rhodes University.

2. What is the subject of the poem that David discusses in Chapter 4?
(a) The Alps.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Italy.
(d) An oak tree.

3. When David first walks into the hearing, what is the word that best describes his feeling toward the proceedings?
(a) Confident.
(b) Angry.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Dejected.

4. Why is David a little slow to recognize Lucy when she comes out to greet him in Chapter 7?
(a) Her hair has turned completely grey.
(b) She is dressed like a man.
(c) She has cut her hair.
(d) She has gained weight.

5. Who is Petrus?
(a) Lucy's neighbor.
(b) A woman who lives in Lucy's house.
(c) Lucy's cat.
(d) Lucy's helper with the gardening.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has David Lurie been married?

2. When Melanie and David enter his house, what does he offer her?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, when David calls Melanie, what kind of date does her ask her for?

4. Who is Bev Shaw?

5. As they near their house after their walk, what do Lucy and David hear?

Short Essay Questions

1. When pressed by his colleagues to offer an explanation for his behavior with Melanie, what explanation does David offer?

2. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?

3. How does Melanie's cousin Pauline treat David over the telephone when he calls for Melanie?

4. What might one make of David's abundance of notes on Byron rather than recognizing that the "two fat files" of notes might be enough to begin writing?

5. When David meets with his ex-wife Rosalind, how does she treat the news that David is accused of harassing a student?

6. After the attack on Lucy's farm, how does David try to comfort Lucy and what is her reaction?

7. David describes Melanie as "clever enough, but unengaged." What might the attraction to such a person suggest about David?

8. What does David's lecture on Wordsworth reveal about him? What is the ironic about the content of his lecture?

9. After David spends the day working with Bev Shaw at the animal clinic, what is his estimation of her and her role in the community?

10. When David first learns of the charge of harassment, what is his estimation of Melanie's active part in the charge?

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