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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 are the occupations of the characters in a story Selin has to critique when she applies to join the literary magazine?

2. What does Gavriil show everyone he has in his backpack during Russian class in "The Second Week"?

3. When did Selin's mother say that her father referred to Anna Karenina as a bourgeois novel about a fallen woman?

4. In "The Fourth Week," how much does the Garment District sell clothes for by the pound?

5. Where is the professor from who teaches an ethics seminar Selin audits in "The Third Week"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Fourth Week," where does Selin go when she is tired of a conversation in her suite's common room?

2. When Selin goes to the bookstore in "The First Week," why does she wonder if she will like the books for the Chance class?

3. What are freshman pre-orientation programs, and why did Selin not apply?

4. What does Selin consider was the worst part of her childhood?

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

6. Why is Svetlana good at memorizing?

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

8. Why does Selin not think seeing a therapist will help her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lakshmi plans to have an arranged marriage. Why does Lakshmi believe arranged marriages are preferable to love matches?

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

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