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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Illumination; The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary! Or The End of the Moment That Never Ends, 1941; The First Blasts, and Then Love, 1941; The Persnicketiness of Memory, 1941; The Beginning of the World Often Comes, 1942-1791; Letter Dated 22 Januar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Safran about love?
(a) His father.
(b) The Dial.
(c) The Gypsy Girl.
(d) Zosha.

2. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?
(a) He asks Jonathan to have Grandfather and Augustine converse.
(b) He asks Jonathan to delete Augustine from the story.
(c) He asks Jonathan to write about his Grandfather's past.
(d) He asks Jonathan to not write about his Grandfather's past.

3. At the end of "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941," Brod tells Kolker that she loves him and "for the first time in her life, the words had meaning" (139). Why do the words have meaning now?
(a) The Kolker has given her perfume.
(b) The Kolker has given her a baby.
(c) The Kolker is dying.
(d) The Kolker told her the truth about her father.

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

5. The original Sammy Davis Junior was what?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A bad singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Brod's eyes?

2. What did Grandfather do at the end of the book for Little Igor and Alex?

3. Why does Alex misuse words?

4. Why does everyone read from the Book of Antecedents?

5. How does Safran feel towards his wife after consummating the marriage?

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