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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 the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
2. Who is the narrator shocked to see at the trial she begins working on in Chapter 7?
3. What does the narrator notice the former president - the accused - wearing at his trial?
4. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?
5. What is unusual about Anton's cane?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator come to understand the former president asks for her specifically?
2. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?
3. How does the narrator feel when she sees Kees in the courtroom in Chapter 8?
4. What is the narrator's impression of Anton when she first meets him?
5. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?
6. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?
7. What is one global issue Eline tells the narrator she is particularly worried about?
8. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin to view the book she bought for Adriaan earlier?
9. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?
10. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the most difficult aspects of translating for the narrator? How does the narrator deal with the stresses of translating? 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
Why does the narrator find herself drawn to the dunes at the coast of The Hague in the later parts of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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