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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 Elegant say has to happen before he can view the wonders of Heaven?
2. What topics do Hasan and Esther gossip about?
3. Where does Shekure want people to think she went when she leaves the house?
4. When the storyteller switches to talking about the tree why does he explain that completing the book has become complicated?
5. Who does Shekure ask to deliver the next letter to Black?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Enishte and Black meet and what caused their relationship to end?
2. What does Shekure request must happen before she will marry him and how does Black ensure it happens?
3. What does Orhan recount that Enishte and Black discussed in regard to Elegant and the cause of his murder?
4. What is a brief history of the secret book and what does Enishte think about the portraits?
5. What happens after Orhan sees Black?
6. What does Enishte tell the murderer is the third stage of patronage of the arts?
7. What does Esther believe about the letter that she has just delivered to Black and how does she explain her reasoning?
8. What are the illustration techniques a blend of?
9. What story does the murderer tell Enishte instead of telling him his agenda?
10. What does Shekure give Black and yet still insist upon before they can be together?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Shekure and Black's relationship was compounded by complicated marriage rules. Describe these rules. What do these rules add to the story? How do you feel about these rules?
Essay Topic 2
How are the themes throughout the novel used to provide clues to the answer to the mystery? In what ways do the themes of signature and the purpose of art help the reader to solve the murder?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Death told the story of the arguments between Enishte and the artists to complete the pictures in the Venetian style? What insights does Death's stories provide for the reader?
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