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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 does Kenan do when he hears a particular sound in Chapter Three soon after seeing the man in the track suit?
2. Kenan decides in Chapter Three that he never wants to be what sort of entity?
3. Over what bridge does Kenan reluctantly decide to build into his route home in Chapter Three?
4. Dragan becomes upset when he sees that a cameraman is preparing to take pictures of which character's dead body?
5. Against what type of object does Dragan sit after Emina is taken to the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. What clue alerts Kenan to the severity of the oncoming explosion while he is getting ready to fill Mrs. Ristovski’s bottles with water at the brewery?
2. Discuss how the themes of guilt and responsibility arise in the aftermath of Kenan’s frightening experience at the brewery.
3. What epiphany does Kenan have as he listens to the cellist perform in Chapter Three?
4. What action does Arrow take when Hasan orders her to kill a civilian?
5. What emotion has continued to build in Arrow's heart in ever greater amounts as she attends more funerals?
6. What clue alerts Arrow to the fact that there is trouble brewing after she leaves Filipovic's office?
7. What is the setting of the opening of Chapter Three and which character's story is narrated first?
8. What is the setting of Dragan's final section within Chapter Two?
9. What does Filipovic mean when he tells Arrow it is time for her to disappear in Chapter Three?
10. In what way does Dragan equate incredulity with sanity in Chapter Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Arrow's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Galloway in depicting Arrow and include in your discussion the reasons that Galloway reveals Arrow's real name at the end of the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo. What message is Galloway sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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