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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. What does Kip retrieve from his tent in the garden at the villa when he is upset?
2. Who once came to Kip during a dangerous bomb dismantling?
3. What does Madox do in the middle of a sermon about war?
4. Why was the town of Naples evacuated?
5. Where does Kip return after figuring out the bomb?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kip's relationship with Lord Suffolk like?
2. In the beginning of Chapter 10, how does Kip prove that he is intentional about making his relationships with others solid?
3. Do you think Caravaggio was justified in forcing the English patient to talk about his identity? Why or why not?
4. Why is Kip extremely upset in Chapter 10?
5. Explain the reasoning behind Caravaggio wanting to drug the English patient.
6. How does Katharine die?
7. Who is Miss Morden? Why is she significant to Kip?
8. Do you find that Kip becomes more or less likable as the novel comes to an end? Why?
9. Why do you think Caravaggio is so eager to disprove the English patient's identity?
10. How are Caravaggio and the English patient similar in their motivation for love in this chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify at least three instances of foreshadowing in Ondaatje's novel. Why would Ondaatje include these instances? How would the story change if they had not been included?
Essay Topic 2
What is the tone of "The English Patient"? Why would Ondaatje choose to write the story in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and sequence of events?
Essay Topic 3
The English patient experiences flashbacks in this story that refer to his prior experiences with the desert and the plane crash. What do these flashbacks teach us about the English patient? What purpose do the flashbacks serve in the story?
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