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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. Mustafa recalls hearing whose voice calling out to him as he left the house to sell himself so that his family would not starve?
2. Mustafa states that he is writing the account that makes up the pages of the book how long after the events transpired?
3. According to Mustafa's Uncle Omar, the Portuguese army that occupied Azemmur in Mustafa's youth and then took the city in the Battle of Azemmur numbered how many thousand men?
4. Mustafa's second master, Señor Dorantes, called Mustafa by what name?
5. Mustafa recalls that "By the fifth day of the march to Aute," (122) how many men had to be transported by horse due to illness?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Estabanico and how does the narrator feel about the name?
2. What is the setting presented by Mustafa in Chapter 1: "The Story of La Florida"?
3. How did Señor Ruíz come to lose an eye during the march toward Aute?
4. What major plot development involving "nearly thirty men" (127) occurs by the fifth day of the armada's march toward Aute?
5. With what element of life did Mustafa become too entranced, causing him to eventually name it among the causes of his downfall?
6. Who were the main leaders of the expedition to La Florida? Name one fact about each leader.
7. What element of the marriage between Dorotea and Bernardo Rodriguez does Mustafa name as the secret to its success?
8. In what way does Lalami depict the theme of family bonds within Chapter 5: "The Story of the March"?
9. Which member of Mustafa's family died shortly before Mustafa sold himself into slavery to feed his family?
10. What are the reasons behind Mustafa's desire to record his own account of the expedition led by Senor Narvaez?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Lalami's choice to tell the story of The Moor's Account using the first person point-of-view from Mustafa’s perspective. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Lalami’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Lalami’s novel The Moor's Account. What message is Lalami sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of power within The Moor's Account. What is Lalami’s message regarding the nature of power and how do you know?
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