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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. To whom does Arrow attribute responsibility for Filipovic's violent death?

2. When Kenan decides to use the crowd at the brewery to trick himself into thinking he is at a public gathering, what type does he imagine?

3. For how many hours was Dragan's wife in labor with their son Davor?

4. In the aftermath of being shot, Emina regrets being unable to see the cellist play that afternoon at what time?

5. Dragan has learned to wash his entire body with what amount of water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of Dragan's final section within Chapter Two?

2. For what reason does Kenan feel a variety of emotions upon arriving at the brewery?

3. In what way does the theme of courage arise within the final pages of Chapter Three?

4. What happens to Emina when she crosses the street in Chapter Two?

5. To what location is Arrow taken when she is removed from her apartment in Chapter Three and why?

6. What emotion has continued to build in Arrow's heart in ever greater amounts as she attends more funerals?

7. What evidence leads Arrow to believe that the murder of Ermin Filiopovic had been an inside job?

8. How and when did Kenan and Mrs. Ristovski first meet?

9. In what way does Dragan equate incredulity with sanity in Chapter Three?

10. Who is the man in the tracksuit and what emotions does he inspire in Kenan?

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

Perform a biographical criticism of The Cellist of Sarajevo by researching Galloway's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Galloway.

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

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