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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. What happened to Dosoula's husband?

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

3. What term in Chapter 29 refers to an animal sacrifice?

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

5. What does the narrator describe Leonidas hurling at his head in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative style of Chapter 2 established?

2. Who is the narrator of Chapter 45? Who is the chapter about?

3. What deceptions was Rustem Bey fed in Chapter 33?

4. How is education explored thematically in Chapter 17?

5. How was Ibrahim rescued in Chapter 47?

6. How is Philothei described when she is born?

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

8. Where was Tamara taken after she recovered? Why?

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

10. How is Mustafa Kemal's education described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the plot structure of Birds Without Wings. What is the inciting incident of the narrative? Where does the climax occur? What does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of sex and gender in Birds Without Wings. How did gender expectations in this time period and place differ from today? What are examples in the book of the problems of these expectations? What characters defy those expectations?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Karatavuk and Mehmetçik in the novel. When did they become friends? What do their names mean? What journey does each of these characters experience in the course of the narrative?

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