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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. Why is the narrator dating Jacqueline?
(a) The narrator feels bad for her.
(b) The narrator wants to get revenge on Jacqueline.
(c) The narrator loves her.
(d) The narrator wants to avoid getting hurt.

2. How does the narrator believe Louise feels about Elgin?
(a) Louise has affection for him.
(b) Louise hates him.
(c) Louise feels passionately about him.
(d) Louise is in danger being with Elgin.

3. What does the narrator tell Jacqueline that prompts a problem?
(a) That the narrator is having an affair with Elgin.
(b) The truth about the narrator's relationship with Louise.
(c) That the narrator simply doesn't love Jacqueline anymore.
(d) That the narrator is going back to Bathsheba.

4. What did Elgin study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Food preparation.

5. How does Elgin feel about Louise finding sexual fulfillment elsewhere?
(a) He loathes the idea.
(b) He is disgusted by Louise.
(c) He understands it.
(d) He is completely comfortable with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of art did Inge object to?

2. According to the narrator, how many married women have affairs?

3. Which of the following is Louise's goal?

4. How does the narrator describe having an affair?

5. What is Elgin worried about after he learns the truth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What foreshadowing is present in this story?

3. What is Louise's effect on the narrator?

4. How does the narrator justify his or her relationship with Louise?

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

6. What has caused a rift between Louise and Elgin?

7. What is Bathsheba's lasting effect on the narrator?

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

9. Describe how the narrator changes from before meeting Louise to after breaking up with Jacqueline. What does this say about the narrator?

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

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