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The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
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
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Study Questions
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Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Glossary of Literary Terms
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Chapter 5 Quiz
Further Study
Chapter 5 Quiz
1
of 5
What irritates Katherine about the English patient at first?
His assumptions
His excessive politeness
Her attraction to him
Answers A. and B.
2
of 5
What does Katherine believe Geoffrey will do if he finds out about her affair?
Nothing
Return home
Demand a divorce
Go mad
3
of 5
How does Katherine take out her frustration about the necessary secrecy of her affair?
By writing poetry
By hurting herself
By hurting the patient
By hurting Geoffrey
4
of 5
What fear does the English patient feel for the first time, after falling in love with Katherine?
Of dying
Of being alone
Of growing old
Of his disfiguring injuries
5
of 5
What intention does Katherine announce to the English patient on the twenty-eighth of September?
To run away together
To tell Geoffrey everything
To divorce Geoffrey
To end the affair
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