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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 book by Andre Breton does Selin remember glancing at in Svetlana's room?
2. What are the occupations of the characters in a story Selin has to critique when she applies to join the literary magazine?
3. After Selin watches The Usual Suspects what does she see Svetlana is eating in the Quincy dining hall?
4. How old is Juho?
5. In The Seducer's Diary, by what date does the seducer still not know the name of the girl he is stalking?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Selin sit with at dinner in "The Third Week"?
2. What type of bag did Selin buy for her sophomore year of college?
3. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?
4. What does Selin observe about a professor who teaches an ethics seminar she audits in "The Third Week"?
5. What discussion do Svetlana and Selin have about vocal and instrumental music?
6. Where was Selin's block assigned, and where did Riley get them transferred?
7. What process does Selin go through when she applies to join the literary magazine?
8. Where did Svetlana spend her summer and how was her trip?
9. What does Selin learn about Kierkegaard's book Either/Or by reading the introduction?
10. What type of scholarship do Joanne and the other Singaporean students have at Harvard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Selin wanted to be a novelist even before she could read. Why has Selin wanted to be a novelist? Why might becoming a novelist be a problem for her?
Essay Topic 2
Moral rules have to do with principles that indicate what is allowed and what is permitted for human behavior. What do some people believe about the universality of moral rules? Why does Selin reject the idea that moral rules can be universal?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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