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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 instrument does Henry's daughter play at his funeral?

2. What does Nathan think he should have told Lippman at dinner?

3. What is Henry's relation to Nathan?

4. Who once considered moving to Switzerland?

5. What does Nathan wish he had been able to dissuade Henry from doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss Maria's divorce.

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

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

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

7. Why does Henry leave town? Where does he go?

8. What happens when Nathan compares his father to Lippman?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Surgery is a strong foil in the story. How does surgery prove to be a foil, and what are the consequences of this foil?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Jewish religion with that of the Christian religion based on what is discussed in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the relationship between Nathan and Henry and the role it has in the story.

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