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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary or It All Goes Downhill After the Wedding, 1941; The Dupe of Chance, 1941-1924; The Thickness of Blood and Drama, 1934; Letter Dated 12 December 1997; What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who thinks "This is love . . When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything" (121)?
(a) Safran.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Brod.
(d) Alex.

2. What is written on the note Yankel found on his welcome mat?
(a) "I'll be back soon, don't worry."
(b) "Don't look for me. I will not be back."
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "I had to do it for myself."

3. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Shalom Temple.
(b) The Sloucher Synagogue.
(c) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(d) The Upright Synagogue.

4. In "The Lottery, 1791," who wins the lottery?
(a) Yankel.
(b) The Rabbi.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Sofiowka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Ukrainians celebrating when Jonathan arrives?

2. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?

3. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

4. According to Jonathan, what makes women fall in love with Safran?

5. The old woman who knows about Trachimbrod also knew Jonathan's grandfather, Safran. What does she ask Alex to tell Jonathan?

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