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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. Who is assassinated at the beginning of Chapter 16?

2. What are streifkorps?

3. What happens with the bridge in the early 1900's?

4. Where do Zorka and Glasičanin spend time together?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the summer like in 1914?

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

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

4. Who is Lotte?

5. What does Alihodja want most in the moments before he dies?

6. What new changes occur in 1900 to the town of Visegrad?

7. How does Alihodja feel when a proclamation is posted on the kapia and read by a young boy?

8. What is Gregor's reaction to being interrogated?

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

10. Where does Alihodja go when the gendarmes tell him to evacuate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Identify a character who shows exceptional leadership qualities in the novel and discuss how this person influences the town of Visegrad. Use specific textual examples to support your viewpoint.

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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