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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where had Mustafa Kemal been previously exiled in Chapter 26?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Rhodes.

3. Who did Leyla tell Rustem Bey she saw at times in the hamam in Chapter 44?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

4. Whose birth is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Nasreddin Hodja's.
(b) Leonidas Efendi's.
(c) Mihrimah Efendim's.
(d) Mustafa Kemal's.

5. Where is Mustafa Kemal living in Chapter 49?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Salonika.
(d) Sofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the village midwife when Philopthei was born?

2. Who did Father Kristoforos converse with in his dream in Chapter 36?

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

4. Where did the imam leave a saintly stigma on Philothei when he kissed her after she was born?

5. In what region does the narrative take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related in the very brief Chapter 18? Who relates this narrative?

2. What is described in the brief narrative of Chapter 35?

3. From what narrative perspective is Chapter 1 related? How is this established?

4. How did Philothei find Ibrahim in Chapter 47? Where was he?

5. Where was Rustem Bey going in Chapter 25? Why?

6. What symbolism is central in Chapter 11?

7. How was Ibrahim rescued in Chapter 47?

8. How is Mustafa Kemal's education described?

9. What foreshadowing is established in the opening of the novel?

10. Describe the narrative perspective in Chapter 8. How is it denoted?

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