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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Main Reason Women Commit Suicide Is to Save Their Pride, The Final Act.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after he is rudely turned away at Sunay's shop entrance?
(a) "Jealousy".
(b) "Stars and their Friends".
(c) "To Be Shot and Killed".
(d) "Dog".

2. Who does a receptionist call to tell Ka that he must meet with the morning after Ipek has promised to go to Germany with him?
(a) Necip.
(b) Fahir.
(c) Sunay.
(d) Surab.

3. Who does Ka receive benefits from while an exile, but cuts links with while in Germany?
(a) Turkish Communists.
(b) Kurds.
(c) The German government.
(d) The Republicans.

4. What poet does Ka tell Sunay that he and Muhtar both read when he says he must have grown up on Western films?
(a) E.E. Cummings.
(b) Boudelaire.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Robert Frost.

5. What does Ka realize has happened to Muhtar but not to him after they are taken in by police for questioning?
(a) He was fed.
(b) He was tortured.
(c) He was beaten.
(d) His clothes were taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ipek wish to show Ka after he confronts her about her affair with Blue?

2. What does Necip tell Ka he keeps seeing the same of over and over when he explains why he doesn't look down the road?

3. What is the name of the play that the acting troupe is putting on the day after Blue's meeting at Hotel Asia?

4. What is the name of Ka's friend who visits Kars four years after him, just after he has died?

5. How many years had Ka been away from Turkey when he returns at the beginning of the book?

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