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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. Whom does Nathan fail to find attractive?

2. Who is Henry's mistress?

3. Who once considered moving to Switzerland?

4. What does Lippman show Nathan when they speak?

5. How long did Henry and Wendy know each other before their affair started?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nathan's experience while in Henry's Hebrew class?

2. What do Nathan and Henry discuss after dinner at Lippman's?

3. What happens to Henry eight months after his bypass surgery?

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

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

6. What does Henry do three weeks after returning to the United States?

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

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

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

10. What is discussed during the dinner at Lippman's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How are character descriptions used in order to provide information on characters in the story? What are the benefits of character descriptions used in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss setting. What is the role/importance of setting in the novel, and how is it displayed?

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