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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 noise occurs when the stranger who plays cards on the kapia vanishes?

2. How does Avdaga Osmanagic die?

3. What natural disaster occurred in Visegrad in the second half of the 18th century?

4. Who is chosen to administer Serbia in Chapter 7?

5. What color horse does the colonel arrive on when he comes to Visegrad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bridge that spans the river Drina.

2. Describe the setting of the kapia the night that refugees from Uzice cross the bridge.

3. Describe Abidaga.

4. How does the town of Visegrad react when the Austrian troops take over?

5. What happens when the children are collected in Bosnia for the blood tribute?

6. What diseases sweep through Sarajevo during the middle of the nineteenth century and limit travel?

7. What happens when civil servants arrive in Visegrad and start making changes?

8. How does Shemisbeg Banković resist change when it comes to Visegrad?

9. Does Fata believe her father will marry her to Nail-beg of Nezuke?

10. What are the important cultural events that occur on the bridge in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Zorka's relationship with Stiković. What does she see in him? How is she disillusioned by his response to her? Does she hold out hope for a relationship with him? How can you tell?

Essay Topic 2

What is the conflict between Alihodja and Osman Effendi Karamanli? What action does Karamanli take against Alihodja when he loses patience with him? How does this action affect Alihodja?

Essay Topic 3

Is Glasičanin an independent thinker? How does he interact with others? What is his view of the war and how does he hope to bring freedom to Serbia?

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