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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. What thought caused Leila to feel a sense of gloom descend upon her during the wedding reception?
2. What was the name of the Lady Pharmacist's son who befriended Leila after she returned from a family vacation by the sea?
3. To whom is the epigraph of the novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World attributed?
4. Two minutes after Leila's heart stops beating, she recalls which two very different flavors?
5. In what month of 1990 is Leila's death covered on national television?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Leila feel about the metropolis of Istanbul during her childhood?
2. Discuss a particular detail in the prologue entitled "The End" that communicates an element of Leila's personality.
3. Who was Tarkan?
4. What major conflict did Jameelah have with her family after the death of her mother?
5. What were the circumstances of the sexual abuse Leila endured throughout her childhood?
6. What does the narrator reveal about the reason for Leila's reluctance to talk about her past in the chapter entitled "Three Minutes"?
7. What connection does the narrator draw between Tarkan's diagnosis and Leila's alienation from her father?
8. Which event described in "One Minute" was later considered by Binnaz, Leila's biological mother, to be the moment that "had debilitated her forever" (33)?
9. How is the structure of the novel explained within the chapter in Part One entitled "One Minute"?
10. How did Leila first meet Nalan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Shafak instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of D/Ali’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Shafak in depicting D/Ali and include in your discussion the reasons that Shafak portrays D/Ali in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and one of the novel's main messages. How does Shafak make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
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