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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nathan glad no one at church asks him about?
(a) His hosue rennovations.
(b) His trip to Israel.
(c) His marriage.
(d) His affair.

2. What does Nathan describe in a letter he writes on an airplane?
(a) Henry's current state.
(b) Henry's children.
(c) Henry's medical condition.
(d) Henry's surgery.

3. What is Nathan's response when a stranger begins a conversation with him?
(a) He tries to halt the conversation.
(b) He yells at the stranger.
(c) He joins in the conversation.
(d) He laughs at the stranger.

4. What does the church congregation in Part 5 share with each other?
(a) Worries.
(b) Refreshments.
(c) Music.
(d) Dances.

5. Where does Carol refuse to send her children?
(a) Israel.
(b) London.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

6. Who examines Nathan's notes and papers?
(a) Carol.
(b) Shuki.
(c) His landlord.
(d) Henry.

7. Who says Maria's Jewish friend smells?
(a) Henry.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Maria.

8. Where is Nathan in "Part 3 A Loft, pages 141-163"?
(a) His house.
(b) An airplane.
(c) The Wailing Wall.
(d) A park.

9. Whom does Sarah say insulting things about?
(a) Nathan and her family.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Maria.
(d) Her family.

10. What is the first section of Nathan's manuscript titled?
(a) Medicine.
(b) My heart.
(c) Basel.
(d) The problem.

11. Who refuses to throw Nathan's manuscript away?
(a) Carol.
(b) Henry.
(c) Maria.
(d) Shuki.

12. Who has Maria never dated?
(a) A younger man.
(b) A Christian.
(c) An older man.
(d) A Jew.

13. Who is pregnant in Part 5?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Maria.
(c) Carol.
(d) Phoebe.

14. Who approaches Nathan in church?
(a) Maria.
(b) Georgina.
(c) Maria's mother.
(d) Sarah.

15. Who causes Henry to remember what caused the rift between Nathan and himself?
(a) Nathan's first wife.
(b) Nathan's third wife.
(c) Nathan's editor.
(d) Carol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is criticized in a restaurant?

2. What is Henry cast as in one of Nathan's books?

3. What does Nathan remind Jimmy Ben-Joseph of when on the plane?

4. What word best describes Georgina?

5. Who wrote Nathan's eulogy?

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