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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. From whom does the narrator say the Greeks supposedly took this land in Chapter 2?

2. What happened to Dosoula's husband?

3. Who is Father Kristoforos's wife?

4. What word in Chapter 44 refers to an Oriental tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws smoke through water?

5. To what does Dosoula compare her spirit in the end of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Philothei describe Ibrahim doing that proved his love for her in Chapter 43?

3. How is Chapter 5 narrated? In what tense is it related?

4. How is education explored thematically in Chapter 17?

5. How did Karatavuk and Mehmetçik come to be called such? What are their real names?

6. How is the narrative of Chapter 3 related? What is the subject of the chapter?

7. How is the narrative in Chapter 12 related?

8. Where is Mustafa Kemal described as being in Chapter 20? What year is it?

9. What did Rustem Bey ask Abdulhamid in Chapter 48? What did Abdulhamid respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in Birds Without Wings. What is symbolized? How is it symbolized? How does each example relate to the major themes in this work?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of religion in Birds Without Wings. What are the predominant religions that are examined in the novel? How are they similar? How are they different? What characters turn against religion in the course of the narrative? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the characters of Polyxeni and Ayse. How would you describe the relationship between these characters? How are they alike? How are they different? What is the fate of each?

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