Lucy Quizzes

Lucy Quiz 1

1 When was Lucy published?
1988

1991

1990

1989
2 The narrator of Lucy is
Josephine Potter.

Lucy's mother.

Annie John.

Mariah.
3 Who is not one of the children Lucy takes care of?
Louisa

Miriam

May

Myrna
4 What does the monkey throw at Lucy's mother?
a coconut

a rock

a banana

a stick
5 The best word to describe Mariah during the first part of the novel is
pessimistic.

cynical.

ecstatic.

idealistic.
6 "Embittered, emotionally detached heroine" best describes
Peggy.

Mariah.

Maude.

Lucy.
7 Who gives Lucy the name "Visitor"?
Peggy

Lucy's mother

Lewis

Mariah
8 Which of the following is the most likely Freudian reading of Lucy's dream in "Poor Visitor"?
Mariah's and Lewis' places in Lucy's dreams demonstrates they have become integral to her unconscious as well as conscious world.

With the hole representing of eternal damnation, Lucy's sense of exile is spiritual as well as geographic.

Lucy is unconsciously aware of the unequal power dynamics inherent in her position as an au pair.

Lucy unconsciously feels sexual tension towards Lewis, especially regarding his paternal role.
9 From what book of the Bible do Lucy and her cousin read as young children?
Matthew

Revelations

Acts

Romans
10 Which gift does Mariah not give to Lucy?
a necklace from Africa

a book of photographs

a dress

a blank book
11 Where is Lucy's nightgown made?
China

Antigua

Australia

Japan
12 What does Lucy's cousin give her before she leaves for America?
a nightgown

a Bible

a necklace

a dress
13 From where has Hugh just returned from his travels?
Europe and Asia

The Middle East

Africa and South America

Africa and Asia
14 During what month does Lucy arrive in America?
February

November

January

December
15 Which character does Lucy not sleep with?
Hugh

Roland

Lewis

Paul
16 What flower is the object of a poem Lucy had to memorize as a child?
roses

daisies

daffodils

peonies
17 Why does Lucy cry at the very end of the book?
She wishes she could love someone to death.

She misses home.

She regrets not sending her mother money.

She is mourning her stepfather's death.
18 What does Peggy hope to go to school for?
photography

hairdressing

art

culinary arts
19 During her free time, Lucy takes classes for
sketching.

sculpture.

photography.

nursing.
20 After she is no longer an au pair, Lucy becomes a
hairdresser.

writer.

receptionist.

photographer.
21 Mariah's grandfather was born in
Switzerland.

Sweden.

Scandinavia.

Slovakia.
22 Gus is from
Switzerland.

Slovakia.

Sweden.

Scandinavia.
23 Whose tongue does the chapter "Tongue" most likely refer to?
Roland

Lewis

Hugh

All the people Lucy has kissed
24 The family goes to the lake house during the
winter.

summer.

fall.

spring.
25 Lucy does not like Dinah because
she is the type of woman who envies other people's things.

Lucy tends to dislike people.

she is cheating on her husband.

All of the above.

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