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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mehmetçik give Karatavuk as a parting gift in Chapter 50?
(a) A ring.
(b) A pocket watch.
(c) A bag of soil.
(d) A four-leaf clover.

2. What title is given to Ibrahim in Chapter 1?
(a) Ibrahim the Strong.
(b) Ibrahim the Godly.
(c) Ibrahim the Meek.
(d) Ibrahim the Mad.

3. What is the title of Chapter 48?
(a) "Mustafa Kemal."
(b) "Of Reading and Writing."
(c) "Of Righteousness and Wrongdoing."
(d) "Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch."

4. What does the narrator describe Leonidas hurling at his head in Chapter 45?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A clay vase.
(c) A wine glass.
(d) An inkpot.

5. Who is described as the Bulgarian Minister of War in Chapter 49?
(a) General Kovatchev.
(b) General Kemal.
(c) General Kristoforos.
(d) General Efendim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Philothei's mother?

2. In what year is the narrative set in Chapter 26?

3. What color stone does Philothei describe Ibrahim giving her in Chapter 4?

4. From where does the narrator say lewd thoughts and insomnia were blowing into the village from the southern wind when Philothei was born in Chapter 2?

5. What was Iskander going to Istanbul to get in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Karatavuk and Mehmetçik come to be called such? What are their real names?

2. What deceptions was Rustem Bey fed in Chapter 33?

3. How is the narrative style of Chapter 2 established?

4. Where is Mustafa Kemal described as being in Chapter 20? What year is it?

5. What shocked the narrator in the end of Chapter 22?

6. How was Ibrahim rescued in Chapter 47?

7. How is the narrative of Chapter 22 related? How is this denoted?

8. What is related in the brief narrative of Chapter 21? Who narrates the chapter?

9. What is related in the very brief Chapter 18? Who relates this narrative?

10. What symbolism is central in Chapter 11?

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