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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. What physical symptom does Theo experience during his second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four?
(a) A backache.
(b) A sore throat.
(c) A headache.
(d) A stomach ache.

2. In what does Theo feel trapped in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?
(a) An endless nightmare.
(b) A dead-end job.
(c) A loveless marriage.
(d) A bad movie.

3. What is the Grove?
(a) A secure forensic unit.
(b) Where the murder occurred.
(c) A rest home for the mentally ill.
(d) An apartment building.

4. Who is the consultant psychotherapist at the Grove?
(a) Stephanie Clarke.
(b) Yuri.
(c) Christian West.
(d) Indira Sharma.

5. During his conversation with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, Theo realizes what drove Kathy to an affair?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does Alicia have about her current project in Part Two, Chapter One?

2. According to the narrator in the Part One, Chapter Three, what saved his life?

3. What is the name of the grandmotherly psychotherapist who helped the narrator?

4. What does Theo resolve in Part Two, Chapter Ten?

5. Who is the head psychiatric nurse at the Grove?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Theo learn from Jean-Felix when he visits the gallery in Part Two, Chapters Nineteen and Twenty?

2. What doubts does Theo experience in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen? What revives his suspicions?

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

4. According to Elif in Part Two, Chapter Eleven, why did Alicia attack her shortly after arriving at the Grove?

5. What happens during Theo's visit with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine?

6. Why does Theo's former supervisor believe taking a job at the Grove is a bad idea?

7. How does the narrator describe Gabriel Berenson in Part One, Chapter One?

8. What happens in the play Alcestis, as Theo explains in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-One?

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

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

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