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

2. What does Louise refuse to accept from the narrator?
(a) Expressions of affection.
(b) Money.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Sexual advances.

3. Who tells Elgin about Louise's affair with the narrator?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Louise.
(d) Elgin's father.

4. Where is Louise from?
(a) Canada.
(b) China.
(c) Australia.
(d) America.

5. How does the reader view the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator genuinely loves Jacqueline.
(b) Jacqueline is using the narrator.
(c) Jacqueline could not care less about her relationship with the narrator.
(d) The narrator is using Jacqueline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator date immediately after Bathsheba?

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

3. When did the narrator's relationship with Jacqueline stop expanding?

4. Which of the following literary devices most accurately describes Jacqueline's anger?

5. According to the narrator, what is the end of passion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part does irony play in the novel?

2. Describe the relationship between Louise and Elgin.

3. What is the narrator's initial impression of Louise?

4. Do you think that Jacqueline's character will play a larger role in the novel? Why or why not?

5. Is the narrator using Jacqueline? Why or why not?

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

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

8. How does the narrator feel about marriage with Louise?

9. What foreshadowing is present in this story?

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

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