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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. At which university does Seema complete a communication fellowship?

2. Which of the following is cited in the novel as supporting Prop 8?

3. In what month is the protest where Bill meets Seema?

4. In what year of his undergraduate studies does Bill lose his grandfather?

5. How old was Bill’s father when he was sent to prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what qualities is the casting choice of the antagonist in Seema’s school play made?

2. Why does Jemaal propose to vandalize a Baptist church?

3. Why does Seema initially hesitate to tell Bill she is a lesbian?

4. What initially attracts Bill to supporting Obama?

5. What occupation does Bill have when he meets Seema?

6. How does Tahera defy Naeemullah in her marriage?

7. How does Tahera explain her preference for wearing the jilbab?

8. Of what does Keats assert the soul is made, per the novel?

9. What causes joy in San Francisco after Seema and Bill return from the first presidential campaign they work together?

10. How does Bill threaten Seema when he calls on her at Nafeesa’s behest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

To what extent can the novel be taken as autobiographical? What in the novel and in its authorial context suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent can the novel be taken as satire? What might Radiant Fugitives be satirizing? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it do so?

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