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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 is the English patient identified in Chapter 1?
2. What do Hana and the English patient do when they are not talking?
3. What is the location of the hospital where Caravaggio is staying at the beginning of Chapter 2?
4. What does Clinton let the English patient use to make exploration easier?
5. What does Hana tell Kip she imagines doing in the grass?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chapter 5 foreshadow later events in the novel?
2. Describe the relationship between Caravaggio and Hana.
3. What do you think of the relationship between Hana and the English patient by the end of Chapter 1? Why?
4. Though the English patient's profession is not overtly given, what do you think he does for a living? Why?
5. Describe Kip and his fascination with religious symbols.
6. Why does Katharine decide to breaks off her affair with the English patient?
7. What is the general purpose of Chapter 4? Is it effective?
8. Describe how Caravaggio finds out that Hana is at the villa.
9. Describe the setting of Chapter 1.
10. What event in Chapter 3 brings Hana and Kip closer together?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the tone of "The English Patient"? Why would Ondaatje choose to write the story in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and sequence of events?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How would you describe the development of the relationship between Hana and Kip? Why do you think Hana becomes so quickly attached to Kip? What benefits do both characters derive from the relationship?
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