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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 adjective does Kimiâ use to describe the nature of memory?

2. What is the meaning of the Persian phrase "Amou Djan" (55)?

3. From a young age, Kimiâ had been sure that she was a what?

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

5. What activity had Darius been doing in his office when he got the news that Sara's water had broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kimiâ's understanding of the source of her social anxiety?

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

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

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

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

6. What message does Djavadi send about the trauma associated with being exiled from one's own homeland?

7. In what way does the theme of deception arise within Chapter Side A: Chapter 7?

8. How is the theme of loss intertwined with the theme of transformation within Chapter 3?

9. What message about the nature of superstition is sent within Side A: Chapter 6?

10. On what two occasions had Mina saved Darius's life, according to Kimiâ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Disoriental while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

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

Analyze Djavadi from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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