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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 Ka finishing when Ipek comes to tell him that she will go to Germany with him?

2. What does Ka ask Kadife to write out so that he can give it to Sunay after visiting Blue in prison?

3. What is the name of the poem that Orhan envisioned at Ka's old dormitory that originated from Necip's story?

4. How is the atmosphere inside Blue's secret meeting at Hotel Asia described?

5. What is the name of the poem Ka writes that portrays his vacillation between love and loss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ipek and Ka's interaction when she comes to see him after his dinner with Serdar and Turgut.

2. What is the nature of the people's descriptions of Ka according to those Orhan meets with on his visit to Kars?

3. What does Ka do to find information on Blue after Kadife and Ipek ask him to because Blue disappeared after his rally at Hotel Asia?

4. What does Ka make Ipek do before he leaves for the National Theater to ensure she doesn't leave him?

5. How is Blue's prison cell described when Ka visits with him on Sunay's orders?

6. What is the nature of Ka and Muhtar's meeting at a tea house in "A Godless man in Kars, the Fear of Being Shot"?

7. How does Fazil describe his fantasies of Kadife to Ka when they go to a tea house?

8. How are Funda and Kadife's rehearsal of Sunay's play described when Ka visits them?

9. What does Serdar say to Ka after being accused of writing a poor portrayal of him in his paper during a dinner?

10. What does Sunay tell Ka he will have to convince both Blue and Kadife to agree for Kadife to do when an officer takes Ka to see Sunay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the concept of freedom in the book and note what characters like Ka and others had to do to achieve this dream. What role did political exile have in gaining freedom in Kars?

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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