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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following does Arash live?
(a) Gilan.
(b) Markazi.
(c) Alborz.
(d) Semnan.

2. In what year did Orkideh divorce Sang Linh?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1997.

3. What spice does Orkideh note adding to her tea?
(a) Saffron.
(b) Cardamom.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Allspice.

4. Which of the following does Cyrus cite for comments about grief?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Cato.
(d) Pliny.

5. In what area had Ali done military service?
(a) Communications.
(b) Infantry.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Logistics.

6. What is the name of the docent who sees Cyrus collapse at the museum?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Rochak.
(c) Prateek.
(d) Amar.

7. What is the name of Ferdowsi’s son?
(a) Sohrab.
(b) Esfandiyār.
(c) Zahhak.
(d) Rostam.

8. What quotation accompanies the closure notice on Orkideh’s final installation?
(a) “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
(b) “All we are is dust in the wind.”
(c) “Art is where what we survive survives.”
(d) “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

9. Which of the following attends Ali’s funeral?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Shireen.
(c) Sad James.
(d) Zee.

10. How does the novel render the term “dudusch”?
(a) Brother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Father.

11. From which of the following does Cyrus’s mother fly to New York?
(a) Baku.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Ashgabat.

12. What name does Cyrus give to his imagined younger brother?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Berlioz.
(c) Bach.
(d) Brahms.

13. Which of the following does Cyrus think he sees in the dream-vision featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
(a) Tanagers.
(b) Goldfinches.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Mockingbirds.

14. To which of the following artist’s works does Cyrus compare Orkideh’s appearance?
(a) Gentileschi.
(b) Rubens.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Rembrandt.

15. From where did Ferdowsi come?
(a) Tus.
(b) Kharv.
(c) Kardeh.
(d) Neqab.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what singer does Cyrus’s mother listen with Leila?

2. To which of the following does Cyrus’s mother compare herself and Leila?

3. What moniker do Cyrus and Zee assign to the sitting President of the United States?

4. Which of the following does Cyrus reference in his project?

5. Which of the following is brought to Cyrus after he collapses at the museum?

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