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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Alex live?
2. What synagogue does Yankel belong to?
3. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?
4. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?
5. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Falling in Love, 1791 -1796," we learn that Yankel's wife has left him. What are her motivations and what do you think of this?
2. When Alex first meets Jonathan, he is "flabbergasted by his appearance" (31). Why?
3. Why does Brod think she is the float queen in the Trachimday parade? What is the real reason?
4. Yankel lies to Brod. What does he lie about? Why does he lie? What do you think about his lies?
5. Is Sofiowka a reliable character? How do you know? Give details from the story.
6. The synagogue has some strange features. Describe some of them.
7. By the end of "The Very Rigid Search," Alex has yelled at Jonathan twice. Describe these incidents. What is significant about these outbursts?
8. Alex tells Jonathan that he "did not amputate Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior from the story" (55) despite Jonathan's request that he do so. Why would Jonathan not want SDJJ in the story? Why does Alex keep her?
9. Describe Brod and her relationship with the townspeople.
10. How did the town get its official name?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This novel is a historical fiction, which means that even though the story itself is not true, some of the events or people involved are real. For example, there most likely was never a Safran and if there was, he probably was not writing love notes to a Gypsy girl. However, the war that is in in the newspapers from which Safran cuts the letters out did happen. World War II did come to the Ukraine and many Jewish people were killed as they were in the novel. Research the Ukraine's involvement in World War II. When was it invaded? What happened to the Jewish people? What happened to the Gypsies? What did it do the Ukraine? What is the Ukraine like today? Answer these questions in a research paper. At the end of your research, analyze the accuracy of Foer's novel.
Essay Topic 2
What is love? This question has been asked by many playwrights, poets, and novelists. There are many different answers, and many of them are true. Jonathan Safran Foer is no exception and has written a novel about the depths of love and what true love is. This novel explores the absence of love, the definition of love, and the acceptance of love. Explore and analyze Foer's concept of love in an essay. Reference the novel to aid in your response.
Essay Topic 3
What does Jonathan Safran Foer suggest about human nature in his novel? Do you disagree or agree? Why? Give details and examples to support your argument.
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