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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 color hair does Jennifer Santini have?

2. For whom did Clio Bavisotto play Chopin while her husband cracked a safe upstairs?

3. What does "bratskaya mogila" mean in English (424)?

4. How many stitches does Dominika get in her leg after the battle with Matorin?

5. What river is featured in the photographs presented by Benford in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan for Korchnoi's retirement?

2. Who is Stephanie Boucher? What is her position? What are her motivations?

3. What exchange is to take place in Chapter 40? Where is the exchange to occur?

4. What is the secret swap that Dominika performs in Chapter 20?

5. What is the significance of the false information Benford has Dominika pass along to Egorov?

6. How is Korchnoi's arrest described? Where is he taken?

7. What led to Korchoi's decision to become a double agent?

8. What does Putin remark about Athens and Dominika in Chapter 38?

9. What happens during the exchange in Chapter 42?

10. What is revealed about Zyuganov's character in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of gender and sexuality in Red Sparrow. How does the author develop these themes through setting, symbolism, and imagery? How are these themes developed through character? What statements do you believe the author is making regarding gender and sexuality?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different ways that author Jason Matthews employs irony in the novel. How is dramatic irony employed, and why is the narrative style of the novel important for this type of irony to occur? What situational irony is depicted? What are examples of verbal irony? What purpose does each example serve?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Red Sparrow. Where in the narrative does the rising action begin? Where does the climax occur and what takes place in the climax? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement of the story?

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