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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. "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941" goes back and forth between two stories. Who are the two stories about?
2. What is different about Safran when he is born?
3. Who does Safran go see after he finds the Gypsy girl in his home?
4. Who has a ticket for the same seat at the theater as Safran?
5. What does Alex ask Jonathan in "Letter Dated 24 December 1997?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Does the old woman in "Falling in Love" know Jonathan's grandfather? What does she tell Jonathan?
2. In "Letter Dated 12 December 1997," what does Alex think about Jonathan's writing about Safran? Is this hypocritical? What has Alex learned?
3. How does Alex feel about the truth in "Letter Dated 12 December 1997?"
4. With everything that has happened to Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather, even Grandfather goes through some significant changes. In "An Overture to Illumination," Grandfather makes the waitress apologize to Jonathan. Why? What is different about Grandfather? How and why has he changed?
5. What does Jonathan tell Alex about his grandmother while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman? What do Jonathan and his grandmother have in common?
6. In "Falling in Love," what does "Augustine" look like?
7. Why does Alex send back the money that Jonathan sent him? Why is he angry?
8. Why do women fall in love with Safran?
9. After reading "What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod, or Falling in Love," the reader might suspect that Lista was a character in her own story. Who might she be? How do you know? Why do this?
10. Why is it ironic that Safran asks his great-great-great-grandfather to not "let me hate who I become" (141)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, there is a theme of responsibility. Every man or woman is somehow responsible for their child's actions. Discuss the concept of a father/mother's responsibility for the their child's actions. Is this true? Give examples from Foer's novel and provide examples from your own life that may show responsibility in family relationships or the lack thereof.
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of the novel, Jonathan tells Alex not to change his mistakes because they make the story humorous. He says that it is "the only truthful way to tell a sad story" (53). Do you agree or disagree? Discuss the concept that being "humorous is the only truthful way to tell a sad story" (53). Use examples of how humor is used throughout the novel and explain how they lead to truth and how humor can help when telling a sad story.
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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