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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 Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, what do people often confuse for love?

2. According to Max's receptionist in Part Two, Chapter Twelve, where should Theo go for more information?

3. Why does Alicia shake her head no in Part Two, Chapter Seven?

4. According to Chistian in Part Two, Chapter Three, what is "hanging" over the Grove?

5. At the end of Theo's second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four, Theo tells Alicia he wants to help her do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What happens in the play Alcestis, as Theo explains in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-One?

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

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

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

9. What does the reader learn about Alicia's mother in Part Two, Chapter One?

10. According to Elif in Part Two, Chapter Eleven, why did Alicia attack her shortly after arriving at the Grove?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

To what extent does Alicia “speak” for herself in the novel? To what extent is she defined by other characters? What do others say about her? What does she say about herself? How does the reader resolve these multiple interpretations of her character?

Essay Topic 3

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

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