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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. Why doesn't Brod want her husband to go to work?
(a) She likes having him at home.
(b) His work is too strenuous.
(c) The flour mill is cursed.
(d) She cannot stand being alone.

2. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) She has thrown it away.
(b) She ripped it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She eats part of it.

3. Why does Alex misuse words?
(a) He is not a native English speaker.
(b) He is illiterate.
(c) He cannot spell.
(d) Hetries to be smarter than he is.

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

5. What does Alex do with the money he makes?
(a) He spends it on women.
(b) He goes to the discotheques.
(c) He gives it to Little Igor.
(d) He saves it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?

2. Who does Alex fall in love with?

3. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?

4. When Safran meets the Gypsy, what is the subject of the play they are watching?

5. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?

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