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The English Patient
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What irritates Katherine about the English patient at first?
His assumptions
His excessive politeness
Her attraction to him
Answers A. and B.
2
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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
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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
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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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