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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 date was known as Armenian Genocide Recognition Day?

2. How much are Dorm Crew paid?

3. When Selin checks her email in "The First Week," what is the date of the only email from Ivan?

4. When did Selin know that she wanted to write novels?

5. In "The Second Week," how old is Priya compared to Selin and the others?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the beginning of "The Fourth Week," where do Selin, Riley, Priya, and Joanne go shopping and what does Selin buy?

5. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

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

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

8. How did Selin and Ivan part in July?

9. Why is Svetlana good at memorizing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is how an author creates, art, music, or writing based on her interpretation of life. How does Batuman use artistic license to create the realistic background of Either/Or?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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