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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 does the word "samoubistvo" translate to in English (167)?
2. What word does Nate use in Chapter 16 to describe "The whole national myth--the Motherland, the soil, the hymns, chasing Nazis across the steppes" (204)?
3. What does the narrator translate the word "izmena" to in English in Chapter 12 (168)?
4. Who kids Nate about the positive trace results he gains on Dominika in Chapter 10?
5. Approximately how old is MARBLE said to be in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is synesthesia and how does it factor into Red Sparrow?
2. What is an SDR and what is its purpose?
3. What conflict emerges between the CIA and FBI in Chapter 19?
4. Who is Tom Forsyth? How is he described when introduced in Chapter 7?
5. Why is Marta killed?
6. How does Dominika feel about the target Simon Delon? Why?
7. How is Anya described? What happens to her character?
8. What are considered as different incentives for Dominika to become a double agent? What incentive is the one that works?
9. What is a honey trap?
10. Who kills Marta? How?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the characters of Simon Benford, Marty Gable, and Tom Forsyth. What role does each of these characters play in the plot of the narrative? What are their relationships with each other and with Nate and Dominika like? Are these characters protagonists or antagonists in the story? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes of gender and sexuality in Red Sparrow. How does the author develop these themes through setting, symbolism, and imagery? How are these themes developed through character? What statements do you believe the author is making regarding gender and sexuality?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of symbolism in Red Sparrow. What are some of the recurring symbols that appear throughout the narrative? What does each symbol represent? How do these symbols connect to the novel's themes?
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