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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. How did Alicia's mother die?

2. How does Alicia describe Gabriel's face in Part Two, Chapter One?

3. What two investigative paths does Theo plan to follow in Part One, Chapter Eight?

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

5. According to Alicia's diary in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen, Alicia was unsettled by Gabriel having what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the various opinions on Alicia's attack in Part Two, Chapter Five?

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 second section of the novel comes from Freud: “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways.” Explain how Freud’s ideas apply to both Alicia and Theo.

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

Choose three characters and explain the role acting plays on them and on the plot.

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