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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 is reported as the literal translation of the Persian word for an eyebrow?

2. What, per Cyrus, is the mortal sin of the martyr?

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

4. What is the suggested donation to enter the museum where Orkideh has her final installation?

5. Which of the following had been one of Orkideh’s installations?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Orkideh initially thought to have died?

3. Why does Cyrus sit outside with Zee at a café near Prospect Park?

4. At what cost does Orkideh purchase a painting in Cyrus’s dream-vision?

5. What was the content of Shipping and Handling?

6. What gift does Orkideh give Cyrus for his project?

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

8. Why, per Cyrus, is it particularly American to discount dreams?

9. Why is Arash not allowed to provide water to other soldiers?

10. In the novel, what is a myth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of Martyr!? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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