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

2. What kind of atmosphere do Ipek and Turgut find when they go to the National Theatre to stop Kadife from performing in the play?

3. Where does a note from Ipek tell Ka to meet her and Kadife that causes Ka to make Fazil leave him?

4. Whose death does Fazil say intensified his feelings for the woman he fantasizes about all the time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of the people's descriptions of Ka according to those Orhan meets with on his visit to Kars?

3. 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?

4. How does Blue's meeting at Hotel Asia become hard to control?

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

6. What does Sunay tell Serdar Bey to write two articles about to be printed in his paper the next day during their meeting with Ka before Sunay's final play performance?

7. What is the nature of the letters Ka and Blue write to assure Blue's protection while he is held prisoner?

8. How is the National Theater described when Ipek and Turgut arrive just before Sunay's play?

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

10. How does Sunay describe his arrangement for Blue's release to Ka and Serdar Bey?

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

Examine the portrayal of radicalism in the book, notably in the political system and theater. What motivations do individuals like Sunay and Blue have for enacting such extreme radical behavior in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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