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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. Kenan's section in Chapter One comes to an end once he has taken what action?

2. Arrow believes that the main sin committed by the men on the hills had been robbing her of the knowledge that life is what?

3. Which members of Dragan's family was he able to get out of Sarajevo before the siege began?

4. Filipovic tasks Arrow with protecting the cellist through the rest of his series of how many days of street performances?

5. What reason does Kenan ultimately identify for his decision not to enroll in the defending army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way does Galloway use word choice to suggest the anxiety Kenan feels as he walks through his devastated city?

5. Toward what location is Dragan traveling in his introductory session in Chapter One and for what purpose?

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

7. What is the significance of the 1984 Olympics according to Dragan?

8. Who is Nermin Filipovic?

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

10. How does Arrow determine the location of the sniper tasked with killing the cellist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of The Cellist of Sarajevo and one of the novel's main messages. How does Galloway make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from The Cellist of Sarajevo, such as the cello notes, the bottle of expired pills, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Galloway's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of The Cellist of Sarajevo.

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