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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. What is in all of the boxes in the old woman's house?
2. What is different about Safran when he is born?
3. What does Alex admit to Jonathan in the "Letter Dated 17 November 1997"?
4. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?
5. What makes Lista unique?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Does the old woman in "Falling in Love" know Jonathan's grandfather? What does she tell Jonathan?
3. "Letter Dated 17 November 1997" revolves around the theme of forgiveness. Give at least one example of who needs to be granted forgiveness and the reason.
4. Alex has changed throughout the novel. Identify how he has changed by the time he writes "Letter Dated 24 December 1997." What do you think brought about the change?
5. How does Alex feel about the truth in "Letter Dated 12 December 1997?"
6. Alex asks Jonathan to finish writing the chapter "An Overture to Illumination." Why? Does Jonathan do it? How can you tell?
7. Why does Alex lie about his sex life?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. How does the Kolker change in "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Letter Dated 23 September 1997," Alex ponders the idea that we are our fathers. He tells that he thinks he is the "rare bird" (54) in the novel. What does this mean? Is it natural to become like one's parents? Look at the relationships in the book. Who turns into their father? Who does not? In a five paragraph essay, examine the concept that we are our fathers. Is Alex the "rare bird?" Use the text to support you position.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
To believe in fate is to believe that all things happen for a reason. This also means that we are predestined to do the things we do and that certain events happen to us. Therefore, an occurrence at birth would determine the outcome of the rest of the person's life. Does Jonathan Safran Foer, the author, believe in fate? Defend your response with examples from the novel.
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