AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

1. What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?

From the passage that we read, enlightenment is both an attitude and a feeling. Siddhartha consciously makes the choice to walk a new path in life but it is also a feeling that he has. Re-reading the book would enable me to give a more detailed answer. 

I found this question on shmoop.

2. Which of the following is not a belief espoused by the Buddha?
-the world is an eternal chain linked together by cause and effect
-life is pain
-it is possible to eradicate pain
-when we die, we experience either eternal bliss or damnation

3. Which of the following best describes the Buddha's response to Siddhartha's objections?
-Siddhartha is clever but misses the point of the Buddha's teaching
-Siddhartha is correct and has shown the Buddha his error
-Siddhartha is foolish and incorrect
-Siddhartha is partially correct, but is too young to fully understand

4.What did Siddhartha speculate separated him from ordinary people?

 -his having met the Buddha

 -his relationship with a courtesan

 -his former life as a Samana

 -his being born into a priestly caste

Questions 2-4 were from grade saver

5.A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world. Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.

This question can be answered using the novel "Siddhartha" easily. As a character, Siddhartha experiences tremendous growth and self-realization throughout the novel and there are plenty of examples that could be found in the story to support that. I found this question on college board.

I need to be reading at a more critical level. For the ap exam you need to know much more than the who what when and where. I need to be more analytic when reading and study literature techniques especially.