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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the elderly woman's daughter taken after she is kidnapped?

2. The woman is on a _______ pilgrimage.

3. Who created all art, in the father's opinion?

4. The Naga Baba finds the jungle _______, but has gotten used to it.

5. What time in his life is Tariq Mia's story set?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the necessity of "understanding" and "renouncing" the world in "A River Sutra".

Part 1) How must one do this? What is to be gained?

Part 2) How does the narrator attempt this? What are his flaws?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss fact vs. fable in "A River Sutra" and the truth or fiction that can be found in both.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the course of change our narrator experiences: stretch from before the beginning of "A River Sutra" to the end, reasons for change, and where we leave him at the end.

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