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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 does Amer wish to trust again?
2. Who does Hosny take driving?
3. What does Wagdi recall?
4. How does Hosny relieve tension?
5. How does Marzug once arrive at a party?
Short Essay Questions
1. About what is Amer dreaming when he hears a ruckus in the hallway?
2. Describe Hosny Allam.
3. Why does Hosny's attitude towards Zohra change?
4. What are Hosny's impressions of the other Miramar residents?
5. How does Hosny feel towards marriage and women?
6. Why is Sarhan fighting a drunken Hosny in the hall one evening?
7. Describe Mansour Bahy.
8. How does Hosny feel about old people?
9. With whom does Hosny hook up after leaving the Umm Kulthum at intermission, and what is the woman's advice to him?
10. After dropping the woman off at Mazarita, how does Hosny relieve his tension?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sarhan commits suicide (presumably). Discuss the following:
1. Trace and analyze five major events that leads up to Sarhan's suicide. Could any of them have been altered? What does each event contribute to Sarhan's fateful decision?
2. Suicide is often considered by people who feel they have no other options. Do you think Sarhan is at that point when he kills himself? What other options does Sarhan have (consider the times and culture in which Sarhan lives)?
3. Is Sarhan's suicide an act of courage? Stupidity? Selfishness? Do you hold him responsible for the impact his death will have on those who love him? How do you think they will be affected?
4. Do you think Sarhan's friends are partly to blame for the his problems? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss this book based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.
3. Do you think the fact that "Miramar" falls within the genre of historical fiction changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Zohra Salama interacts with all the characters in "Miramar" and may be said to have a pivotal role in revealing the personalities of some of the main characters. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the relationship of Zohra to Sarhan al-Beheiry. How do they meet? What are each of their first impressions of the other? Is the relationship between the two friendly? Honest? Healthy? How does the relationship develop and change over the course of the novel? Does either character grow as a result of the relationship? Does either character get hurt by the other?
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze the relationship of Zohra to Hosny Allam. How do they meet? What are each of their first impressions of the other? Is the relationship between the two friendly? Honest? Healthy? How does the relationship develop and change over the course of the novel? Does either character grow as a result of the relationship? Does either character get hurt by the other?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze the relationship of Zohra to Mansour Bahy. How do they meet? What are each of their first impressions of the other? Is the relationship between the two friendly? Honest? Healthy? How does the relationship develop and change over the course of the novel? Does either character grow as a result of the relationship? Does either character get hurt by the other?
4. Thoroughly trace and analyze the relationship of Zohra to Amer Wagdi. How do they meet? What are each of their first impressions of the other? Is the relationship between the two friendly? Honest? Healthy? How does the relationship develop and change over the course of the novel? Does either character grow as a result of the relationship? Does either character get hurt by the other?
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