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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 is Henry's relation to Nathan?

2. Whom does Henry telephone in Part 1?

3. What does Nathan attempt to write?

4. Who is Maria?

5. What does Nathan tell Henry he is becoming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nathan want to be married to Maria?

2. Discuss Nathan's encounter with the woman with an American accent.

3. Who is Henry Zuckerman? What is he diagnosed with?

4. What are Shuki's thoughts on Nathan meeting Lippman?

5. Discuss Maria's divorce.

6. Who is Jimmy Ben-Joseph? Why does he like Nathan's writing?

7. Discuss the conversation between Nathan and Henry's daughter.

8. What is the Wailing Wall? What are Nathan's thoughts about it?

9. Discuss the side effects of the medication Henry takes.

10. Discuss what happens when Nathan and Lippman first meet.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of peace and war are shown between the Jews and the Arabs in Israel. How is this idea of peace and war used? What effect does this have on the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Religious differences are heavily shown in the novel. How is this shown? What is the significance of this in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Henry's relationship with a woman named Maria with Nathan's relationship with a woman named Maria.

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