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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 pathologist?

2. Why does Borlú's boss tell him to avoid complicating the case any further?

3. What is notable about the DöplirCaffé?

4. What information does Tsueh want to know?

5. After speaking with the informant, Borlú believes the murder might actually be a case of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Borlú learn from Khurusch?

2. What is Copula Hall? What is its function?

3. What is the real identity of the victim? What is known about her?

4. What does the pathologist determine about the victim?

5. Following the Oversight Committee's decision, what is happening to Borlú and Corwi?

6. In calling Borlú, what crime has the informant committed? Why?

7. Why does Gadlem tell Borlú about complicating the case?

8. How does Corwi disagree with the initial theory of the murder?

9. Describe the process necessary for Borlú to travel to Ul Qoma.

10. Describe the discovery of the victim at the beginning of the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Corwi, Dhatt, and Ashil. What does his interactions with each tell us about Borlú?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the women in Borlú’s life: Corwi, Bizyana, and Sariska. Does he love any of them? If so, which? How does Borlú’s relationship with women mirror his life in Beszel?

Essay Topic 3

Seeing (and, by contrast) “unseeing” are both essential concepts to the novel. Explain how these concepts are necessary to daily life and how they influence the novel’s themes.

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