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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. Dragan thinks about the fact that to go outside means to accept the possibility that you will suffer which fate?

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

3. On what day of the cellist's series does Arrow see him perform for the first time in the street?

4. Which character feels a kinship with the avian creatures being caught by the old man in Chapter Two?

5. What term does the narrator use to identify Arrow's position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tram symbolize in Kenan's memory of the siege's first day?

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

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

4. What task must Kenan undertake every four days throughout the siege and why?

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

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

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

8. Who is Mrs. Ristovski?

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

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

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

Discuss Galloway’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Galloway's choice to tell the story of The Cellist of Sarajevo using the perspectives of three Sarajavan citizens. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Galloway’s intended effects on the reader?

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