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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louise ask the narrator when telling him or her about Elgin?
(a) If their relationship will include marriage.
(b) If they have a chance of lasting.
(c) If their relationship will include children.
(d) If their relationship will include living together.

2. How does Louise react to the narrator's act of violence?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She is hurt.
(d) She is excited.

3. How does the reader perceive Jacqueline's anger?
(a) It is understandable.
(b) It is too intense.
(c) It is understated.
(d) It is overstated.

4. Who was Jacqueline married to?
(a) A painter.
(b) A writer.
(c) A professor.
(d) A dentist.

5. What are the names of Elgin's parents?
(a) Esau and Sarah.
(b) Elgin and Cassandra.
(c) Carter and Christie.
(d) Samuel and Jaylyn.

6. Why does the narrator tell so many women that he or she loves them?
(a) It is easy for the narrator.
(b) The narrator genuinely loved them.
(c) The narrator loves all women.
(d) The narrator enjoys deceit.

7. Which opinion of the narrator's has changed?
(a) Opinion about Jacqueline.
(b) Opinion about compassion.
(c) Opinion about marriage.
(d) Opinion about health conditions.

8. Who does Jacqueline attack?
(a) Bathsheba.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Louise.
(d) The narrator.

9. When the narrator reflects back on early days of his or her affair with Louise, what types of memories are they?
(a) Disturbing.
(b) Dull.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Happy.

10. What does Elgin ask Louise after he learns the truth?
(a) If she will move away with him.
(b) If she will move out of the house.
(c) If she will divorce him.
(d) If she will have a child with him.

11. What does the violence in the novel represent?
(a) Postmodernism.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Pessimism.

12. What does the narrator consider unsatisfying when done alone?
(a) Go to the bookstore.
(b) Eat at a restaurant.
(c) Drink coffee.
(d) Watch people through windows.

13. What type of people was Frank raised by?
(a) Librarians.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Midgets.
(d) Australians.

14. Where does the narrator work?
(a) School.
(b) Church.
(c) Library.
(d) Zoo.

15. According to the narrator, why do married women have affairs?
(a) Women are forced into marriage.
(b) Long-term relationships are no longer possible.
(c) Men are not able to please women.
(d) Relationships become boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elgin feel about Louise?

2. What does the narrator tell Jacqueline that prompts a problem?

3. Which of the following types of literary devices are present in the novel?

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

5. Why is the narrator dating Jacqueline?

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