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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 is the Grove?

2. When Kathy appears concerned for him in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen, Theo remembers what?

3. According to Theo in Part Two, Chapter Seven, what is happening despite his best efforts?

4. What does Theo begin to doubt in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Alicia following her trial for murder?

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

3. Who is the narrator, and what does the reader learn about him in Part One, Chapter Three?

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

5. What painting is Alicia working on in Part Two, Chapter One? What is interesting about it?

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

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

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

9. What plan of inquiry does Theo outline in Part One, Chapter Eight?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The epigraph to the first section of the novel comes from Freud: “He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore." Explain how Freud’s ideas apply to Theo, the first section of the novel, and the plot as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the men in Alicia’s life: Gabriel, Max, Jean-Felix, and Theo. Is she loved by any of them? If so, which? What is the nature of this love? What point do you think the author is trying to make about love?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent is Theo a sympathetic character? Discuss the “likeability” of Theo’s character, using examples from the text to support your argument.

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