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

2. According to Alicia in Part Two, Chapter One, England in a heatwave feels like what country?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Greece.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Egypt.

3. What play is Kathy rehearsing for in in Part Two, Chapter Six?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Othello.

4. According to Jean-Felix in Part Two, Chapter Twenty, which is Alicia's best work?
(a) The Alcestis.
(b) The painting of Gabriel on the cross.
(c) The painting of Lydia.
(d) The painting of the car accident.

5. Which friend does Kathy plan to meet in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Neda.
(b) Nora.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Natalie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical symptom does Theo experience during his second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four?

2. According to Alicia in the prologue to the novel, who gave Alicia the diary?

3. According to Theo in Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, the answers to the present could be found where?

4. When Theo views Alicia's painting of Gabriel on the cross in Part Two, Chapter Twenty, what does he notice around Gabriel's torso?

5. Why does Alicia shake her head no in Part Two, Chapter Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about Alicia's mother in Part Two, Chapter One?

2. What does Theo resolve following his meeting with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine? How does his mind change in the following chapter?

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

4. What happens when Theo meets Paul and Lydia Rose in Part Two, Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen?

5. What does Theo do in Part Two, Chapter Six? What does he discover?

6. Who is Kathy? How did she and Theo meet?

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

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

9. What happens during Theo's session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Seven?

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

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