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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. Which character waits outside of Leila's apartment building in the chapter entitled "This Manic Old City"?
2. It is revealed in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" that Humeyra made her living working at what type of establishment?
3. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," the reader discovers that the recent murders of sex workers were all connected to the man Leila had met at what location the night of her death?
4. The figurines on the dashboard of the silver Mercedes are created to look like what entities?
5. In the chapter entitled "Remaining Eight Seconds," it is revealed that Leila's very last memory involved which of the five senses?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason did Leila go to the Intercontinental Hotel on her last night alive?
2. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
3. How did Leila meet D/Ali and what part of the prologue is the reader meant to recall during the description of their meeting in "Nine Minutes"?
4. How does the instance of foreshadowing included at the start of Part One: "Eight Minutes" become clear by the end of the chapter?
5. In what way does Elif Shafak use a sensory detail as an instance of foreshadowing in the chapter entitled "Eight Minutes"?
6. How does Sinan's grief surrounding Leila's death differ from the grief of Leila's other four friends, as depicted in the chapter entitled "Grief"?
7. What object did D/Ali entrust to Leila in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes" and why?
8. Who becomes frustrated with Zaynab122 in the chapter entitled "Normal Female Citizens" and why?
9. What sight causes Humeyra to smile "for the first time in hours" (194) in the chapter entitled "The Apartment"?
10. In the chapter entitled "The View from Above," who is the young man accusing his father of being involved with the murders of sex workers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perform a biographical criticism of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by researching Shafak's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Shafak.
Essay Topic 2
Read a lengthy interview with Shafak. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Shafak’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Shafak in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Shafak’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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