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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 does the army insist upon in the marketplace during artillery fire in Chapter 23?

2. How old is Gregor Fedun?

3. What do the university students that come to Visegrad wear on their heads?

4. What is Alihodja's reputation in the town in Chapter 16?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jelenka fool Gregor Fedun?

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

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

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

6. Who is Lotte?

7. What role does Mihailo Ristić play in keeping merchants safe during the bombardment?

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

9. What is Lotte's reaction when she reads about her nephew in the newspaper?

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

Describe three modernizations that occur in this novel. How do these new advancements influence the culture and customs of Visegrad?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the novel end with Alihodja and his decision to stay in his shop during a bombardment? How is this choice a final act of resistance? What is the author suggesting by his death in the final scene of novel?

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