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

2. In Part Two, Chapter Seven, Theo admits what about his feelings toward his wife?

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

4. Theo compares his life to what in Part One, Chapter Eight?

5. How does Theo feel in Part Two, Chapter Seventeen after meeting with Paul?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how Greek mythology influences the novel’s characters, plot, and structure.

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