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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 does Cyrus’s mother fly to New York?

2. Which of the following does Cyrus see in a dream-vision?

3. What is the name of Leila’s neighbor?

4. Which of the following does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quote in the novel?

5. After whom does Arash long?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the docent who sees Cyrus collapse in the museum discuss with Cyrus?

2. What does the front desk clerk at Cyrus’s hotel ask him when he checks out?

3. What comments does Cyrus make that lead to a falling-out with Zee?

4. Why does Orkideh note the Mona Lisa is notable?

5. Why does Cyrus posit Sang Linh is able to function so soon after Orkideh’s death?

6. What was the content of Shipping and Handling?

7. How does Cyrus explain his collapse in the museum to the docents?

8. How does Ali note his wife had looked at him?

9. Per Orkideh, what marks out grace?

10. What is Cyrus’s early publication history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Martyr!? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Martyr! bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

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

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