Darius the Great Is Not Okay Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Adib Khorram
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Darius the Great Is Not Okay Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Adib Khorram
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 name of Darius’s gym teacher?

2. The comment that “for a beautiful, poetic language, it sounded as harsh as Klingon when they fought” (79) offers an example of which of the following?

3. How long does Darius report having been on Prozac?

4. What color headscarf does Shirin wear to arrive in Iran?

5. Which of the following is included on “Most Haft-Seens,” per the novel (25)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meant by the phrase “Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy,” and who are prominent early examples of the phrase?

2. What was the game of Turbolift Door Darius used to play, and why did he stop playing it?

3. What is Surrender Cobra?

4. What occasioned Stephen stopping the fire-jumping celebration, and what caused him to resume it?

5. What reasons does Darius give for not eating falafel at home?

6. What activities does Darius report undertaking with Laleh that he does not disclose to others?

7. Darius considers shouting at the second customs officer he encounters in Iran. What does he consider shouting, and why does he refrain from doing so?

8. Why, per Darius, does he not shower after gym class at his school?

9. What reasons does Darius give for disliking Subway?

10. What does Darius notice when first reaching Ashkan’s store?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following:

“Stephen Kellner always gave everyone the benefit of the doubt.

“Everyone except me” (184).

Does the novel as a whole support or reject the assertion? What in the novel sustains that support or rejection? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider Darius’s thought that “For Fariba Bahrami, love was an opportunity, not a burden” (75). How can love serve as either opportunity or burden? What in the novel and in experience supports the interpretation? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Darius introduces the concept of classifying things by “levels” early in the text. How does he determine levels? What in the text says so? How does it say so?

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