Either/Or: A Novel Test | Final Test - Hard

Elif Batuman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Either/Or: A Novel Test | Final Test - Hard

Elif Batuman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where do Selin and Jeremy get a handcuff key?

2. In "October," what surgery does Selin's mother have?

3. What childhood toy did Selin have that she though was perfect for crying into?

4. In "February," where did Selin's aunt buy the outfit she wears to a party Lakshmi organizes?

5. What exercise class does Selin sometimes attend with Svetlana?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "October," where does Selin sometimes go with Svetlana and why can it be stressful?

2. Why does Selin have to help Danny, Josh, and their friends get into the Quincy building?

3. What does Lakshmi say is the great advantage of an arranged marriage?

4. What does Selin wear to a party Lakshmi organizes at the literary magazine in February?

5. At a party, how does Selin end up handcuffed to Jeremy, and how do they get free?

6. Why does Svetlana have to buy a delousing kit?

7. How does Riley finally get a cat, and what type of cat does she get?

8. How did Ivan and Zita meet and what was the end of their relationship?

9. What do Lakshmi and Selin have to help Malin and Elsa do in Martha's Vineyard?

10. How does Selin get sick at a party, and how does she get home?

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

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

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?

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