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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe Mustafa Kemal enrolling in a war college in Chapter 16?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) Fethiye.
(d) Cephalonia.

2. What group of people resisted fighting for the Ottoman Empire and were they removed from their homes, according to the narrator in Chapter 53?
(a) The Armenians.
(b) The Muslims.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Christians.

3. What word in Chapter 44 refers to an Oriental tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws smoke through water?
(a) Kanun.
(b) Kaval.
(c) Selamik.
(d) Narghile.

4. What German commander in Chapter 60 wants to replace Turkish generals with Germans?
(a) Otto Kreß von Kressenstein.
(b) Maximilian von Prittwitz.
(c) Gustav von Kessel.
(d) Otto Liman von Sanders.

5. From whom does the narrator say the Greeks supposedly took this land in Chapter 2?
(a) The Phoenixians.
(b) The Kanuns.
(c) The Lycians.
(d) The Cretians.

6. Where was Tamara eventually taken for sanctuary in Chapter 23?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A nunnery.
(c) A mosque.
(d) A halfway house.

7. How old is Philothei in Chapter 4?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

8. What type of instrument is Ibrahim said to play in Chapter 1?
(a) A lyre.
(b) A kanun.
(c) A tef.
(d) A kaval.

9. Who is Levon's wife?
(a) Nermin.
(b) Leyla.
(c) Polyxeni.
(d) Gadar.

10. What animal is described as being sacrificed in Chapter 29?
(a) A horse.
(b) A goat.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A ram.

11. What did Mehmetçik give Karatavuk as a parting gift in Chapter 50?
(a) A four-leaf clover.
(b) A ring.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A bag of soil.

12. To whom does Mustafa Kemal write in Chapter 49?
(a) Polyxeni.
(b) Hasseki.
(c) Safiye.
(d) Corinne.

13. Where is Leyla actually from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) France.
(d) Ankara.

14. What is the title of Chapter 48?
(a) "Mustafa Kemal."
(b) "Of Reading and Writing."
(c) "Ibrahim Gives Philothei a Goldfinch."
(d) "Of Righteousness and Wrongdoing."

15. What term in Chapter 29 refers to an animal sacrifice?
(a) Kanun.
(b) Kurban.
(c) Kaval.
(d) Bulbul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dead bird did Ibrahim find in Chapter 11?

2. Who is described as the Bulgarian Minister of War in Chapter 49?

3. How old is Philothei in her narrative in Chapter 21?

4. What kind of instrument was being played in the home of the mistresses in Chapter 33?

5. From where does the narrator say lewd thoughts and insomnia were blowing into the village from the southern wind when Philothei was born in Chapter 2?

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