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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. From which of the following groups does Zee claim descent?

2. As which of the following is Reza Shah Street renamed?

3. Which of the following does Cyrus drink after leaving his first meeting with Orkideh at her final installation?

4. How does the novel translate the term “bademjan”?

5. For which of the following roles is Cyrus asked to wear a hospital gown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arash appreciate being labeled as an expendable soldier?

2. What problems does Cyrus note associate with a focus on gratitude?

3. Why does Ali hate baby formula?

4. How does Cyrus describe his experience of sobriety to his AA group?

5. What does Cyrus want most when God speaks back to him after 27 years?

6. How had Ali tried to stop Cyrus sucking his thumb?

7. What is the nature of Orkideh’s final installation?

8. Why does Zee warn Cyrus against work at the hospital?

9. Why does Ali like Westerns?

10. Why does Orkideh prize feet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent does the trope of deus ex machina appear in the novel, and to what effect? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the interlude between Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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