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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. What does Kees tell the narrator about the former president's feelings about her?

2. What did Anton's attackers take from him?

3. What does the narrator once again remember about interpretation while she is working with the former president and his defense team?

4. Who is the artist of the painting that the narrator is transfixed by in Chapter 10?

5. What institution is Jana's opening at in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?

2. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?

3. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?

4. How does the narrator feel when she sees Kees in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

5. What does Robert tell the narrator about how she should think about the trials she works on?

6. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?

7. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?

8. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?

9. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator come to understand the former president asks for her specifically?

10. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the former president's parting words to the narrator make her feel, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator feel when her texts and calls to Adriaan are met with silence while he is in Lisbon? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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