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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. Where do people think Mrs. Bauer goes after Dr. Balus' death?

2. What do the townspeople believe is happening when the bridge pier is drilled and a manhole cover is put over it?

3. What comes to the main streets of town in 1914?

4. What do Hadji Omer and his wife lack in life?

5. How many days of bombing does Visegrad endure in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hadji Omer take a second wife?

2. What new changes do university students bring to the kapia?

3. What happens to Lotte at the end of the novel?

4. How does ten days of bombardment affect the bridge?

5. What happens in Visegrad when Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated?

6. Who is Lotte?

7. Describe Zorka's relationship with Glasičanin.

8. What is Janko Stiković preoccupied about at the beginning of Chapter 19?

9. How does the outside world creep into Visegrad at the turn of the 20th century?

10. What is the reaction to the gramophone when the coffee merchant plays it on the kapia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character Gregor Fedun. What does his story tell you about the political and military situation of Visegrad at that time? How does a momentary attraction to a young girl result in his tragic death? What do you think the author is suggesting by including Gregor's story in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Identify a character who resists change and prefers to live in a traditional way. How does this character manage to avoid changing with the times? Why does he or she believe it is important to remain true to the "old ways"?

Essay Topic 3

When do we first meet the Vezir in this novel? Why is the river Drina important to him? What is the inspiration for his grand plan to build a bridge over the river?

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