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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the former Communist and writer who was onstage with Sunay during the play?
(a) Turgut Bey.
(b) Z Demirkol.
(c) Sunay Zaim.
(d) Ferhat.

2. What is the name of the soap opera that Turgut and Ipek watch together?
(a) Marianna.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jane.

3. What is the name of the café that Ka meets his friend Ipek at for the first time?
(a) The Teahouse.
(b) The Asian Cafe.
(c) The New Life Pastry Shop.
(d) The Green Pastures Cafe.

4. Who does Blue believe has sent Ka to be used for a purpose to him?
(a) Kadife.
(b) Necip.
(c) God.
(d) Fazil.

5. 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.

6. What does Muhtar say he made the mistake of putting pressure on his wife about that may have caused their divorce?
(a) For her to lose weight.
(b) For her to have children.
(c) For her to wear a head scarf.
(d) For her to go to church.

7. What is the name of Funda's husband?
(a) Sunay Zaim.
(b) Rustem.
(c) Surab.
(d) Blue.

8. What does Turgut advise Ka to increase his belief in to save himself from being punished by Islamists?
(a) Islam.
(b) His country.
(c) God.
(d) Freedom.

9. What does Sunay tell Ka that most people are not enough of to understand a modern poem?
(a) Smart.
(b) Open.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Sophisticated.

10. What does Sunay tell Ka that he never lost his belief in that his guiding principles could take him to the summit of?
(a) Death.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Success.
(d) Sadness.

11. 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?
(a) Landscapes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Colors.
(d) Jewels.

12. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after asking Ipek repeatedly to go to bed with him?
(a) "The Staircase".
(b) "The Chocolate Box".
(c) "Snow".
(d) "The Night of the Revolution".

13. What does Ka spend his first day back in his hometown doing to keep up appearances as a journalist?
(a) Sees his family.
(b) Interviews voters and the unemployed.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Visits the cafes.

14. What is the name of Ka's friend who visits Kars four years after him, just after he has died?
(a) Hicran.
(b) Orhan Bey.
(c) Sunay Zaim.
(d) Turgut Bey.

15. How many hours does Ka sleep the night of the revolution at the theater?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Ka and Kadife see many students and unemployed people waiting for the theater performance?

2. What is the name of the poem Ka writes after Ipek tells him that she wants to make love to him for the first time?

3. What is the name of the organization of the man who questions the Director of Education, saying he has condemned the director to death?

4. Who does the director claim he is under orders from to ban local women from wearing their head scarves when questioned by a man in the book?

5. What does Ka watch after making love to Ipek for the first time?

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