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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. Who asks "how are your books arranged" (231)?
(a) Lista.
(b) The Gypsy girl.
(c) Zosha.
(d) Alex.

2. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?
(a) Brod.
(b) Alex.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Grandfather.

3. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?
(a) He claims to have a trick knee.
(b) He claims to be blind.
(c) He claims to be deaf.
(d) He claims to have a broken toe.

4. Why does Alex lie to his brother?
(a) He wants his father to be proud of him.
(b) He wants his brother to be happy.
(c) He wants his brother to be better than him.
(d) He wants his brother to admire him.

5. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?
(a) He thinks it is strange.
(b) He thinks it makes Safran sound like an inferior person.
(c) He thinks it makes Safran sound like a superior person.
(d) He wants to be like Safran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a ticket for the same seat at the theater as Safran?

2. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?

3. What does Alex's father call him?

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

5. What does Grandfather want to do with Alex's money?

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