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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. According to Diomedes' directive in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, Theo must stick to what?

2. How did Alicia's mother die?

3. According to Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, what do people often confuse for love?

4. In what does Theo feel trapped in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?

5. What does Theo discover about Kathy in Part Two, Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Theo learn from Max during their meeting in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel, The Silent Patient. How does the title reflect the main characters? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes? How does the title’s meaning change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Theo’s relationship with his father with Alicia’s relationship with her father. How are they similar, and how are they different? How did their fathers create the adults their children became?

Essay Topic 3

Ruth believes that some people confuse drama and dysfunction for love. Real love, she says, is deep, calm, and constant. Explain how the characters in the novel illustrate the truth (or not) of her words.

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