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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 24 December 1997; An Overture to Illumination; Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 26 January 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Kolker's injuries?
(a) Kolker dies.
(b) Kolker is more attentive to his wife.
(c) Kolker is unable to work and becomes depressed.
(d) Kolker has random violent emotional outbursts.

2. What does Yankel have in his hands when he dies?
(a) Lipstick and a book.
(b) A drink and a cigar.
(c) A note and his abacus bead.
(d) A note and Brod's diary.

3. Who says "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Alex.
(d) Brod.

4. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?
(a) They think the people are in love.
(b) They think the people are sad.
(c) They think the people are beautiful.
(d) They think the people are dead.

5. "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941" goes back and forth between two stories. Who are the two stories about?
(a) Jonathan's grandfather and Brod.
(b) Yankel and Brod.
(c) Safran and Zosha.
(d) Alex and Little Igor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"

2. Where does Yankel write his life history?

3. Who does Alex fall in love with?

4. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?

5. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?

(see the answer key)

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