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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. The medical examiner is fascinated with research suggesting that how many genes remain alive in the body for some time after physical death?
2. At every possible opportunity, Leila and her five friends would gather for dinner and to engage in what activity together?
3. How many times had "the man all the prostitutes tried to avoid" (19) been banned from the street of brothels before he attacked Leila?
4. Which character was killed at the protests portrayed in "Ten Minutes Twenty Seconds"?
5. What color was the car driven by the two men who picked up Leila shortly after she left the Intercontinental Hotel?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason did Leila go to the Intercontinental Hotel on her last night alive?
2. How did Leila meet Humeyra, as depicted within the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
3. Explain the origin of D/Ali's name.
4. What reaction does Nalan expect to get from her friends when she tells them about the as-yet-undescribed plan in the chapter called "Sabotage"?
5. 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?
6. How does the instance of foreshadowing included at the start of Part One: "Eight Minutes" become clear by the end of the chapter?
7. Is the young man featured in the chapter called "The View from Above" right or wrong to accuse his father of murder?
8. How did Leila react to D/Ali's wedding proposal, as described in the chapter entitled "Ten Minutes"?
9. 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"?
10. What is the significance of the chapter title "Normal Female Citizens"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of D/Ali’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Shafak in depicting D/Ali and include in your discussion the reasons that Shafak portrays D/Ali in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World and analyze Shafak’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Shafak’s novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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