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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. Who does Kadife marry two months after being released from prison?

2. What does Ipek say happens to a person's belongings after they die?

3. What kind of necklace does Ohan remember Ipek wearing when he visited her in Kars?

4. What is Ka finishing when Ipek comes to tell him that she will go to Germany with him?

5. What does Ka recall moments of from his childhood just after making love to Ipek for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ka do just after making love to Ipek for the first time?

2. How does Orhan describe Ka to Ipek after he returns to Germany from Kars?

3. What is the nature of Ka and Ipek's discussion regarding an old record they were listening to the first time they made love?

4. What is the nature of Ka and Muhtar's meeting at a tea house in "A Godless man in Kars, the Fear of Being Shot"?

5. What does Ka do to find information on Blue after Kadife and Ipek ask him to because Blue disappeared after his rally at Hotel Asia?

6. What is Kadife's role in Sunay's final play?

7. How is Sunay's final performance of his play described?

8. How does Orhan remember the first time he met Ipek in Kars?

9. What does Z Demirkol reveal to Ka regarding Ipek after grabbing him in the street?

10. How is Kadife's punishment for killing Sunay described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the notion of the local women wearing a headscarf is examined.

Part 1.) What do the headscarves represent to the women of Kars in terms of their religious beliefs?

Part 2.) What motivations can be pointed at for why the women are suddenly asked to remove their headscarves?

Part 3.) What can be learned about the impact the removing of headscarves can have on the female psyche based on the suicides of the young women who didn't want to remove them?

Essay Topic 2

While Ka doesn't appear religious, it is no doubt that mysticism has played a role in his life and impacted his actions while in Kars.

Part 1.) What role does the sheikh play in Ka's time spent in Kars?

Part 2.) What is telling about the role of mysticism in Kars based on Muhtar's experiences?

Part 3.) What role does mysticism have in Ka's poetry writing in terms of his feeling inspired?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of control in the book, paying close attention to its impact in the political and theatrical groups in the book. What methods did characters like Sunay Zaim and Z Dimerkol use to gain control over others?

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