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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. Kimiâ's name comes from term for "alchemy" (139) in what language?

2. In what years were the two albums Kimiâ discusses in Chapter 7 released?

3. What activity had Darius always undertaken while talking to Kimiâ about economics?

4. The novel's prologue focuses on whose aversion to the use of escalators?

5. Darius is said to have had a "spot" of what substance "on the middle finger of his right hand" (82) at the time he met Sara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does Djavadi use to indicate Darius's feelings about fatherhood?

2. To what natural human process does Kimiâ compare exile and why?

3. What connection does Darius draw between organized religion and fear?

4. What significant event occurs on October 25, 1967 within the Sadr family?

5. What explanation does Emma provide for the unexpected circumstances surrounding Kimiâ's birth?

6. In what way does Kimiâ acknowledge within the prologue her own fallibility as a narrator?

7. What does the escalator symbolize within the prologue of Disoriental?

8. What distinction does Kimia make between the two terms of Sara and Mom and what is her purpose in doing so?

9. In what way does the significant event on October 25, 1967 solve a dilemma for Darius?

10. Name one theme depicted within the epigraph of the novel Disoriental.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Disoriental and analyze Djavadi’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Djavadi’s novel Disoriental. What message is Djavadi sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Djavadi’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Disoriental.

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