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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. How many bedrooms are in the villa?
2. Who falls in love with the English patient at the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. Which of the following describes the English patient's desert exploration?
4. What does Hana tell Kip she imagines doing in the grass?
5. What does the reader know about Katharine from Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the setting of Chapter 1.
2. How and why is Caravaggio tortured by the Germans?
3. How does the English patient behave when he and Katharine are apart?
4. Describe the scene in the English patient's room before Kip's partner dies.
5. How is the topic of companionship explored in Chapter 4?
6. Describe Hana's conversation with Caravaggio in the library after Kip and his partner arrive at the villa.
7. Describe how Caravaggio finds out that Hana is at the villa.
8. What sort of presence does Kip have on the other characters in the villa?
9. How would you describe the relationship between Katharine and the English patient?
10. How does the relationship between Hana and Kip foreshadow later events in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The title of Ondaatje's work, "The English Patient," seems straightforward yet indicates a particular significance about one character. In your opinion, why does Ondaatje choose this particular title for his work? What does this title signify? What does it tell readers about the story?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of the English patient and Caravaggio. How are their lives different? How are the characters the same?
Essay Topic 3
Ondaatje uses a narrative point of view throughout his entire book. Why do you think he chooses to write this way? What are the pros and cons of using this point of view in this particular story?
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