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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the second person Gimpel dreams of say of the afterlife?
(a) "I am so happy!"
(b) "They spare you nothing here."
(c) "Dante was right."
(d) "I am in limbo."

2. After his dream in Chapter 4, what does Gimpel imagine the bread dough is saying to him?
(a) "We will make good loaves tomorrow."
(b) "Do it!"
(c) "Throw us at the Spirit of Evil!"
(d) "NO!"

3. After leaving Frampol, who does Gimpel see when he dreams?
(a) God.
(b) The Spirit of Evil.
(c) Elka.
(d) His children he left behind.

4. Who translated "Gimpel the Fool"?
(a) Saul Bellow.
(b) Isaac Bashevis Singer.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Maya Angelou.

5. What does the rabbi tell Gimpel he can do regarding his marriage?
(a) Go ahead with the divorce.
(b) Go home.
(c) Go back to the bakery.
(d) Go to the synagogue.

6. How much time passed before the rabbis could come to a decision regarding Gimpel's situation?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six years.

7. Gimpel states that, "All kinds of things happened," but what else does he say about these events?
(a) They only happened in his mind.
(b) He was angered by these events.
(c) He neither saw nor heard, simply believed.
(d) Because of these things he left Elka.

8. When the rabbi sends for Gimpel, after a long separation from Elka, what does the rabbi ask?
(a) If Gimpel has been praying enough.
(b) If Gimpel is ready to marry someone else.
(c) If Gimpel is sure he was wrong about his wife.
(d) If Gimpel is ready to divorce Elka.

9. After her death, who does Elka think she has fooled?
(a) Her children.
(b) God.
(c) Herself.
(d) Gimpel.

10. How do townspeople react to Gimpel's actions regarding the event that occurred while the couple was separated?
(a) They didn't react for they they had stopped caring.
(b) They were angry.
(c) They threw a party.
(d) They refreshed their spirits.

11. If Gimpel follows the advice given to him by the dream person, what does he fear?
(a) Judgment in the world to come.
(b) Elka's wrath.
(c) Losing his business.
(d) Shame of being found out.

12. What happens while Gimpel and Elka are separated?
(a) Elka gives birth to a boy.
(b) Elka gives birth to a baby girl.
(c) Elka dies.
(d) Gimpel meets someone else.

13. Who witnesses Gimpel right his wrong?
(a) The baker.
(b) The apprentice.
(c) His children.
(d) The farmer.

14. How does Gimpel feel on his way home at night after work?
(a) So excited he feels like singing.
(b) Regretful he didn't get a divorce.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Like he has a fever.

15. On the night of Gimpel's return after a lengthy separation, what does Elka's "brother" do to Gimpel?
(a) Ties Gimpel up and threatens to kill him.
(b) Jump from behind the oven and strikes him on the head.
(c) Yells at Gimpel to leave.
(d) Hugs him and tells him he's glad Gimpel's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gimpel has returned home after being separated and he has completed Elka's errand, what does he ask her?

2. What does the person Gimpel confronts tell Gimpel to do?

3. What is Gimpel's reasoning in the resolution that he reached while separated from his wife?

4. When Gimpel tells the children that he saw their dead mother, how do they react?

5. What is Gimpel told to do for revenge against the townspeople?

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