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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 Maria sign in exchange for not mentioning her infidelity?

2. Where is the location of Henry and Nathan's grandparents and parents heritage?

3. What does Nathan believe to look "unholy"?

4. Who is in the photograph that Nathan's family is proud of?

5. Whom does Henry telephone in Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Nathan's visit to Israel in 1960.

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

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

5. What does Nathan believe to be the reasons for Henry's death?

6. Discuss Maria's divorce.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the value of marriage in the novel. Does marriage appear to be something that is valued and respected? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of chapters and titles in the novel and the effect they have on the story.

Essay Topic 3

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

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