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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 is the name of a liberal German paper that ran articles for Blue?

2. How many classrooms is Ka taken into to identify the Director of Education's killer at a veterinary school?

3. What is the name of the former Communist and writer who was onstage with Sunay during the play?

4. 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?

5. Which of the following scenes is not on the posters and wall clippings at a tea house visited by Ka to write the poem "Hidden Symmetry"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does Necip ask Ka when he is standing outside the National Theater?

2. What happens at the end of Sunay's first play at the National Theatre?

3. How does Muhtar explain how he came to learn the teachings of the Kurdish Sheikh Saadettin Efendi?

4. What is the nature of Funda Esers' skit called "My Fatherland or My Headscarf?

5. What is the nature of Orhan Bey's visit to Kars?

6. What do Ka and Ipek discuss when they have their first meeting together at the New Life Pastry Shop?

7. What happens when Ka tells the announcer that he finds Kars very beautiful, very poor and very sad during his speech at the National Theatre?

8. How does Kadife search Ka for a microphone when he meets with her in a storage room at a hotel?

9. What is the nature of Orhan's memory of Ka's book of poems titled "Snow"?

10. How does Necip describe his short science fiction story to Ka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the notion of the local women wearing a headscarf is examined.

Part 1.) What do the headscarves represent to the women of Kars in terms of their religious beliefs?

Part 2.) What motivations can be pointed at for why the women are suddenly asked to remove their headscarves?

Part 3.) What can be learned about the impact the removing of headscarves can have on the female psyche based on the suicides of the young women who didn't want to remove them?

Essay Topic 2

While Ka doesn't appear religious, it is no doubt that mysticism has played a role in his life and impacted his actions while in Kars.

Part 1.) What role does the sheikh play in Ka's time spent in Kars?

Part 2.) What is telling about the role of mysticism in Kars based on Muhtar's experiences?

Part 3.) What role does mysticism have in Ka's poetry writing in terms of his feeling inspired?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of inspiration that is represented in the book revolving around Ka's need to write his poems. What role does Ka's childhood memories have in evoking inspiration for his poetry?

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