In The English Patient
1. What information about the landscape near the cave of swimmers is Almasy learning from an ancient Arab just before the Cliftons land? When Almasy finally sees the rock that tells him he has found the cave, what is its match shot later in the film? (Answer)
2. What story does Katharine recite at the base camp around the fire when all of the men are taking turns at a performance, and why does it foreshadow events later in the film? (Answer)
3. When Almasy runs into Katharine in the market and she walks away "bristling," what is Almasy's final question to her and why is it so appropriate? (Answer)
4. What is Katharine in love with at Shepheard's Hotel? What later scene does it anticipate? (see references in TEP, Framed, Pompatus of Love, Un été inoubliable, Cherry Moon, Bitter Moon, Body and Soul, Handful of Dust, Bille en tête, Belle époque) (Answer)
5. Outside the long bar, what is Katharine's toast to Almasy (and is she already plotting her moves)? (Answer)
6. What special chemistry is going on in that lovely dance sequence between Katharine and Almasy? (also reference Framed, Un été inoubliable, Bitter Moon, Cherry Moon, Mio caro Dotter Gräsler, Body and Soul, Weep No More, Tenth Man) (Answer)
7. Why does Katharine prefer to be escorted rather than followed? (Answer)
8. What song does Katharine sing in the jeep when she is on expedition with Almasy? Why is it an appropriate flirtation song, particularly for one of Kristin's personas? (note line about taxi in song, and also reference Framed, Handful of Dust, Richard III, Secret Life, Body and Soul, Force Majeure) (Answer)
9. What does Katharine respond when Almasy asks her to look at the stars? (Answer)
10. When Almasy and Katharine climb into the jeep during the sandstorm, which word of Almasy's is a comfort and which is not? (Answer)
11. Name the four winds that Almasy describes to Katharine (try not to fall into a lovesick spell at the sound of their names). (Answer)
12. What body organ does Almasy compare to the size of the plant that he describes to Katharine, which could be a source of water for them, and what is Katharine's response? (Answer)
13. How hard do you think Katharine actually looked for Madox's jeep when she and Almasy were lost in the desert? (Answer)
14. How often does Katharine wear white in the film? Why does that color so inflame passions? (reference entire filmography on this one) (Answer)
15. Why should Katharine Clifton always have a sewing kit with her and a man with nimble fingers? (Answer)
16. After making love with Almasy, how does Katharine answer the questions "When were you most happy?" and "When were you least happy?" (Answer)
17. Name the eight things that Katharine says she loves as she is dipping in behind Almasy in the bathtub. What characteristics of these eight things might also remind one of Almasy? (also reference Mio caro Dotter Gräsler, Richard III, Handful of Dust, and Angels and Insects for prickly personalities) (Answer)
18. What are the Brits singing outside while Almasy is having sex with Katharine in a storeroom at the ambassador's residence? (Which part of the lyric is the most amusing under the circumstances?) (Answer)
19. What is Katharine sucking on while another orifice is delightfully being filled? (also reference Four Weddings and a Funeral) (Answer)
20. When Geoffrey finds Katharine inside the ambassador's residence and asks how she is feeling, what is her reply? What is Katharine dying for when she says she wants to go back to England? (Answer)
21. What does Geoffrey smell in Katharine's hair in this scene (and why is it a dead giveaway as to what she has been up to with Almasy)? (Answer)
22. What is the appropriate medium for a first anniversary gift? (Answer)
23. When Almasy is translating the Hungarian lullabye to Katharine, he says "the wanderer, the fool falls under the spell of a mysterious English woman, a harpy, who beats him and hits him and he becomes her _________ ." (reference song from the dance in Bitter Moon, Angels and Insects and Belle epoque) (Answer)
24. Since Almasy can never hope to own Katharine, which part of her body does he lay claim to? (Answer)
25. What does Almasy buy for Katharine in the market, and what is its significance both earlier and later in the film? (Answer)
26. Which Busby Berkeley musical number is playing in the background when Katharine decides to break off with Almasy? What is the significance of Katharine hitting her head on a rail as she walks away from Almasy (and the significance of Kamal hitting his head in the cave with Bermann)? (Answer)
27. When Almasy asks Madox what the name is for that hollow in a woman's neck, what does Madox reply? (Answer)
28. After the plane accident, when Almasy is carrying Katharine to shelter and suggests that she try not to talk, what is her reply? (Answer)
29. Which brilliant metaphor from an earlier scene does Almasy refer to at the cave of swimmers to describe the love he has always felt for Katharine despite their separations? (Answer)
30. Recite every word that Katharine wrote in Almasy's copy of Herodotus' Histories. (every word) (Answer)
