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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. Who is the artist of the painting that the narrator is transfixed by in Chapter 10?
2. Who does Eline say is like a father to her children?
3. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
4. What does the former president say to the narrator when she arrives at the meeting of the defense team?
5. What does the narrator's message to Adriaan at the end of Chapter 10 ask?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?
2. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?
3. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?
4. In Chapter 7, what new assignment does the narrator get?
5. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?
6. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?
7. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?
8. What does Amina tell the narrator is Kees's reputation?
9. What is the narrator's impression of Anton when she first meets him?
10. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Adriaan offer enough of an explanation for his former silences to satisfy the narrator - and the reader - at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
When and how does the narrator begin to differentiate between herself and her colleagues who are translators at The Hague? What does she begin to realize about the nature of the work during the former president's trial? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does the narrator feel during her first several months living in The Hague? What is unusual about The Hague as a setting? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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