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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. Who is the clinical director at the Grove?
2. According to Diomedes' directive in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, Theo must stick to what?
3. Who is the consultant psychotherapist at the Grove?
4. What is the Grove?
5. According to Alicia in the prologue to the novel, who gave Alicia the diary?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens in the play Alcestis, as Theo explains in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-One?
2. What are the various opinions on Alicia's attack in Part Two, Chapter Five?
3. What plan of inquiry does Theo outline in Part One, Chapter Eight?
4. What painting is Alicia working on in Part Two, Chapter One? What is interesting about it?
5. What happens during Theo's first meeting with Alicia in Part One, Chapter Seven?
6. What information does Theo learn from Jean-Felix when he visits the gallery in Part Two, Chapters Nineteen and Twenty?
7. What request does Theo make of Diomedes in Part Two, Chapter Two? What is the result?
8. Who is Kathy? How did she and Theo meet?
9. Describe Alcestis, both the myth and the painting, as described by the narrator in Part One, Chapter Two?
10. What does Theo resolve following his meeting with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine? How does his mind change in the following chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
At one point in the novel, Alicia experiences a sense of déjà vu and thinks that “the past and present were coexisting simultaneously” (126). Explain how the novel illustrates the fluid nature of time, for both Theo and Alicia.
Essay Topic 3
Choose three characters and explain the role acting plays on them and on the plot.
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