Questions: a) Explain how the document functions within the story’s argument. b) Evaluate the reliability of the document and its narrator. c) What does the presence of the document say about authority and authorship in Kiš’s work? d) Relate the passage to the theme of truth versus fiction.
Excerpt B (choose a 250–400 word passage that uses an invented document or citation).
Excerpt A (choose a 250–400 word passage from the title story containing garden/ashes imagery).
Section D — Essay (20 points; 350–500 words) Write a focused essay responding to one of the prompts below.