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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 NOT a feature of the cellist's appearance when Arrow sees him perform for the first time?
2. Which members of Dragan's family was he able to get out of Sarajevo before the siege began?
3. Behind what type of object do Dragan and the other pedestrians wait behind while deciding when to cross?
4. In what type of dwelling does Dragan now live alongside his sister's family?
5. When Kenan imagines having lunch with in Veliki Park, he visualizes sharing it with which friend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Albinoni’s adagio from the cellist’s perspective and why?
2. In what way does Galloway use word choice to suggest the anxiety Kenan feels as he walks through his devastated city?
3. Discuss the meaning of the Leon Trotsky quote Galloway includes as an epigraph.
4. For what reason does the cellist need protection and from whom?
5. What situation is Dragan in when the reader rejoins him in Chapter Two?
6. How does Arrow react to hearing the cellist's music for the first time in Chapter Two?
7. What did the cellist used to do for a living before the Siege of Sarajevo began and what purpose did he see in his work?
8. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?
9. What theft does Arrow consider to be the most egregious when it comes to what the men on the hill have stolen from her and her fellow Sarajevans?
10. What does the tram symbolize in Kenan's memory of the siege's first day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Galloway send about the transformative power of art and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of courage portrayed in The Cellist of Sarajevo? Examine Galloway's treatment of and messages regarding courage throughout the book.
Essay Topic 3
What ultimate message is Galloway sending about the nature and value of compassion?
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