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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 is the one word that the female in the hearing uses to describe David's behavior at the hearing?

2. As proceedings are introduced against David, what kind of "irregularities" does Elaine Winter introduce against David?

3. At the end of this class, what is the next poem that the class is assigned to read?

4. Where does Lucy tell her father she wants to go when they see each other on the morning after the attack?

5. What is the university that is near where Lucy lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. While David pleads guilty, he will not say that he repents. What is his reason for refusing this request to sign a repentance?

2. How does David's opinion of Bev Shaw diminish what one might expect of someone who is a college professor?

3. What might David Lurie offer in his defense of his sexual relations with Melanie Isaacs, his student?

4. After Melanie's boyfriend confronts David in his office, he comes to class with Melanie. What is his purpose for this visit?

5. How do you interpret Melanie's lukewarm acceptance of David Lurie into her flat and into her life?

6. When Melanie's boyfriend is in the class, the other students are even quieter than they usually are. How might one interpret this silence?

7. Although David ultimately agrees to volunteer to work for Bev Shaw, what is his first reason for not wanting to work as a volunteer?

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

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

10. What does it mean when Ms. Rassool says that they, the committee, may have a duty to protect David from himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 20. The energy that David puts into his play waivers as his life situation waivers. How might the energy that he puts to his play in Chapter 20 speak to his emotional state?

Essay Topic 2

What is it that brings about the ethical and moral transformation of David in Chapter 14? Is this transformation the result of his experiences and trauma of the violent attack or is he "replacing" the vitality that Lucy lost?

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 10. What are the fundamental differences between the two people, Bev Shaw and David, who attempt to nurture Lucy? Based upon this differences, why might Lucy be more willing to accept nurturing from one of them rather than the other?

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