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The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Characters
Character List
Almásy
Hana
Kip
Main Ideas
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Context
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Character List
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
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1
of 5
Who rescued the patient after he fell, burning, from his airplane?
Sephardic Jews
German soldiers
Roma nomads
Bedouin nomads
2
of 5
What danger pervades the landscape around the villa?
Guerilla combatants
Hidden mines
Sinkholes
Quicksand
3
of 5
What did the nurse stay behind at the villa to do, when all the others left for a safer location?
Finish her studies
Wait for her lover
Care for her patient
Care for orphans
4
of 5
What book serves as the English Patient's notebook?
The Iliad by Homer
Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Works and Days by Hesiod
The Histories by Herodotus
5
of 5
What does the English Patient teach the Bedouins about, in exchange for the care they gave him?
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