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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 country has Enver Pasha decided to attack in Chapter 55?

2. How are Philothei's eyes described in Chapter 5?

3. Where is Leyla actually from?

4. Who was the woman running the home of mistresses in Chapter 33?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 28 that the year 1189 in the Muslim calendar equals what year in the Christian calendar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is education explored thematically in Chapter 17?

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

4. What event is described by Philothei in Chapter 29?

5. How is the narrative related in Chapter 27?

6. What symbolism is central in Chapter 11?

7. How is the narrative in Chapter 12 related?

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

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

10. How is the narrative of Chapter 19 related? What is the chapter about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative style of Birds Without Wings. Why do you think the author has chosen to relate this story from a number of different perspectives? What is the significance of the tense of different narrations in the chapters? What were your thoughts on the novel's unique narrative style?

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