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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what did Alex tell Jonathan he did for the first time ever?
(a) He took care of himself first.
(b) He kissed a girl.
(c) He told his father exactly what he thought.
(d) He told the truth.

3. What does Grandfather pull out of the "In Case" box the first time?
(a) A candle.
(b) A map.
(c) A book.
(d) Pearls.

4. Who is the old woman?
(a) Lista.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Zosha.
(d) The Gypsy.

5. What do Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather see when they finally reach Trachimbrod?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rubble.
(c) The foundations of where buildings used to be.
(d) A ghost town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?

2. Why are the Gypsy girl and Safran unable to be together?

3. What is the result of Kolker's injuries?

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

5. What book did Jonathan find in the "In Case" box?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Letter Dated 12 December 1997," what does Alex think about Jonathan's writing about Safran? Is this hypocritical? What has Alex learned?

2. Does the old woman in "Falling in Love" know Jonathan's grandfather? What does she tell Jonathan?

3. Why does Alex send back the money that Jonathan sent him? Why is he angry?

4. Why do women fall in love with Safran?

5. Safran does not consummate his relationship until his wedding night. What does this suggest about his relationships with other women?

6. Safran muses "the more you love someone . . . the harder it is to tell them" (234). What is he referencing? Is this true? Why?

7. How does Safran's teeth effect his life? What might have been different if he had not been born with teeth?

8. How does the Kolker change in "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941"?

9. Alex asks Jonathan to finish writing the chapter "An Overture to Illumination." Why? Does Jonathan do it? How can you tell?

10. What is the relationship between Safran in 1941, Brod in 1804, and the Dial.

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