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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, what do people often confuse for love?
(a) Crisis and calamity.
(b) Excitement and euphoria.
(c) Strife and sorrow.
(d) Drama and dysfunction.

2. What does Alicia call her diary in the prologue to the novel?
(a) A tiny everything.
(b) A secret nothing.
(c) A little anything.
(d) An unnamed something.

3. According to Theo in Part Two, Chapter Seven, what is happening despite his best efforts?
(a) He is working too much.
(b) He is falling in love with Alicia.
(c) He is showing Alicia who he is.
(d) He is focusing too much on Alicia and not the other patients.

4. What does Yuri recommend to Theo in Part One, Chapter Nine?
(a) To leave the Grove.
(b) To forget about Alicia.
(c) To take up meditation.
(d) To not care so much about his job.

5. What revelation does Alicia have about her current project in Part Two, Chapter One?
(a) She has subconsciously used Gabriel's face.
(b) She has subconsciously used Jean-Felix's face.
(c) She has subconsciously used Max's face.
(d) She has subconsciously used her father's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion does Jean-Felix make in Part Two, Chapter Twenty regarding Alicia?

2. What is the name of Theo's wife?

3. What is the name of the gallerist who exhibits Alicia's artwork?

4. Which Grove employee does Theo recognize from his former job?

5. How does Theo injure himself when he is tormented by Kathy's emails in Part Two, Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Diomedes warn Theo in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen? What does Theo do as a result?

2. What does Diomedes think about Theo's desire to treat Alicia in Part One, Chapter Six?

3. What paintings does Theo see when he visits the art gallery in Part Two, Chapter Twenty?

4. What request does Theo make of Diomedes in Part Two, Chapter Two? What is the result?

5. What happens during Theo's first meeting with Alicia in Part One, Chapter Seven?

6. According to the Prologue, how does Alicia feel about her husband?

7. According to Alicia's diary in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen, what happened when Max came over for dinner?

8. Who is Jean-Felix? What does he do while Alicia is on trial for murder?

9. Describe Alcestis, both the myth and the painting, as described by the narrator in Part One, Chapter Two?

10. What happens during Theo's second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four?

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