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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 Elif in Part Two, Chapter Eleven, why did she get attacked by Alicia?

2. According to Alicia in Part Two, Chapter One, England in a heatwave feels like what country?

3. How does Jean-Felix describe Gabriel in Part Two, Chapter Nineteen?

4. What information about Alicia does Max Berenson tell Theo in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Elif and how is the reader introduced to her in Part One, Chapter Five?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alicia finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the changes both Alicia and Theo experience over the course of the novel. How do they change, and how do they remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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