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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 the name of the man Dragan pretends not to see in Chapter One, though he knows and likes him?

2. How many stories do the apartment buildings "flanking" (38) Kenan have as he sets out toward the brewery?

3. How many people has Dragan seen killed by snipers since the siege began?

4. How old is Amila, Kenan's wife, though he admits she looks 50 because of the war?

5. In which decade of life is Nermin Filipovic, Arrow's unit commander?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the meaning of the Leon Trotsky quote Galloway includes as an epigraph.

2. What is the significance of Albinoni’s adagio from the cellist’s perspective and why?

3. 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?

4. Who is Nermin Filipovic?

5. What situation is Dragan in when the reader rejoins him in Chapter Two?

6. Who is Emina and why would Dragan rather avoid her?

7. For what reason does the cellist need protection and from whom?

8. What is Bascarsija and what is Galloway's purpose for alluding to it?

9. Discuss an instance when Galloway uses the sound motif in Chapter Two.

10. Describe Arrow’s path to becoming a sniper working to defend Sarajevo against the siege.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Cellist of Sarajevo and analyze Galloway’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How is the theme of courage portrayed in The Cellist of Sarajevo? Examine Galloway's treatment of and messages regarding courage throughout the book.

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