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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 did the local children used to replace Lionidas's purchased birds with to annoy him?

2. What did Fikret say when he died (352)?

3. Who is King Alexander's brother that describes him as the unhappiest man in Greece in Chapter 81?

4. What does "ilik" mean in Turkish?

5. In Chapter 91, Gerasimos tells Drosoula’s mother to find them where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative of Chapter 91 related?

2. What caused the Greeks to lose their allies in he war agains the Ottomans?

3. What was Fikret ordered to do in Chapter 66? Why?

4. How is the narrative related in Chapter 62? How is this narrative style established?

5. How did King Alexander die?

6. What are Mustafa Kemal's circumstances in Chapter 68?

7. What did Rustem Bey give to Granitola in Chapter 83? Why?

8. How did Fikret die? What did he say when he died?

9. How is the narrative of Chapter 92 related?

10. What did Tamara suggest to Rustem Bey when he visited her in Chapter 70?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different birds that are highlighted in Birds Without Wings. What characters are associated with birds and what kind of birds are they associated with? What do birds represent on the whole? What do the varieties of birds mean?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and red herrings in Birds Without Wings. What foreshadowing is established immediately from the first chapter? Are red herrings employed? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in Birds Without Wings. What is symbolized? How is it symbolized? How does each example relate to the major themes in this work?

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