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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. Who is the heroine of the book Selin is reading for Russian class in "The Third Week"?

2. How much are Dorm Crew paid?

3. In "The First Week," how long has it been since Selin has spoken to Ivan?

4. In "The Third Week," where does Lakshmi say she met Ivan's ex-girlfriend, Zita?

5. In "The Third Week," was does Selin have to read for Russian class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discussion do Svetlana and Selin have about vocal and instrumental music?

2. How did Selin and Ivan part in July?

3. What does Selin observe about a professor who teaches an ethics seminar she audits in "The Third Week"?

4. What does Selin say about taking an extra class in "The First Week"?

5. How are Selin and Svetlana different in how they choose friends?

6. What process does Selin go through when she applies to join the literary magazine?

7. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

8. What does Selin learn about Kierkegaard's book Either/Or by reading the introduction?

9. What type of scholarship do Joanne and the other Singaporean students have at Harvard?

10. Who dies that causes all the Russian isnsructors to be depressed in "The Third Week"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Selin reads Kierkegaard’s book, Either/Or. What is communicated about her interest in an aesthetic life through her reading of Kierkegaard’s Either/Or?

Essay Topic 2

Selin audits an ethics seminar taught by a philosophy professor from Oxford. What is revealed about ethics and quality of life in the seminar? Why is the quality of life an important consideration when deciding if something is ethical?

Essay Topic 3

In Selin’s literature tutorial, students read some of Freud’s texts. Why do students read Freud’s texts? What is revealed about reading a text interpretively through the study of Freud’s texts?

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