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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 is the last name of the morgue orderly named Kameel?
2. What type of food is featured as part of Leila's final memory?
3. To whom did D/Ali pay "a hefty sum" (154) in order to free Leila so that he could marry her?
4. Which of Leila's five friends tells hospital staff that they had been closer to Leila than her family was?
5. What object does Nalan throw from the balcony in response to a man's obscene comment?
Short Essay Questions
1. From which character's perspective is the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City" written?
2. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
3. What reaction does Nalan expect to get from her friends when she tells them about the as-yet-undescribed plan in the chapter called "Sabotage"?
4. How did Leila meet D/Ali and what part of the prologue is the reader meant to recall during the description of their meeting in "Nine Minutes"?
5. Which joyous occasion in Leila's life is portrayed within the memories that surface ten minutes and 20 seconds after her heart stops?
6. Describe the findings of the medical examiner who inspects Leila's body at the morgue.
7. Is the young man featured in the chapter called "The View from Above" right or wrong to accuse his father of murder?
8. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.
9. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," who is the young man accusing his father of being involved with the murders of sex workers?
10. How did Leila meet Humeyra, as depicted within the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Shafak’s novel from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Shafak’s novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. What message is Shafak sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Shafak's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
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