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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gimpel do after Elka's death?
(a) Refuse to admit she has died.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Observe a period of mourning.
(d) Celebrate.

2. After Elka's death, who appears to Gimpel while he is sleeping?
(a) The Spirit of Evil.
(b) The baker.
(c) God.
(d) The rabbi.

3. After her big confession to Gimpel, what does Elka do?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She dies.
(c) She recovers.
(d) She asks about the goat again.

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

5. What does Gimpel imagine Elka's expression says after she has passed away?
(a) "I'm dying but I'm hungry."
(b) "I am forever sorry for what I did to you, Gimpel."
(c) "I always loved you."
(d) "I deceived Gimpel. That was the meaning of my brief life."

6. At the end of the story, what does Gimpel say about the world we live in?
(a) It is the work of the Spirit of Evil.
(b) It is imaginary and once removed.
(c) It is in fact heaven.
(d) It is hell.

7. Who is Gimpel told he owes thanks to?
(a) Elka.
(b) The farmer.
(c) The baker.
(d) The Yanover rabbi.

8. What is Gimpel's reasoning in the resolution that he reached while separated from his wife?
(a) What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't belive, tomorrow it's God.
(b) If he divorces Elka she will look like the fool.
(c) He will get revenge on the townspeople for making him marry Elka.
(d) If he is Christian he wont be harassed as much.

9. Does GImpel let himself be persuaded to do what his dream suggests?
(a) Maybe.
(b) He can't remember.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

10. What does Gimpel carry with him in his beggar's sack?
(a) His will.
(b) A dradel.
(c) Death shrouds.
(d) A wad of money.

11. After Gimpel and Elka's separation, why does Gimpel not want a scandal?
(a) He doesn't want people to think badly of Elka.
(b) He is tired of drama.
(c) He doesn't want to look foolish.
(d) People will accuse him of raising spooks and no one will want the bread he bakes.

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

13. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?
(a) She doesn't believe in God.
(b) Their children are not Gimpel's.
(c) She has always loved Gimpel.
(d) She has never loved Gimpel.

14. Where does Gimpel believe he cannot be deceived?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) In his dreams.
(c) On the road.
(d) In the pub.

15. The morning after Gimpel has returned home from a long separation from Elka, who does Gimpel confront?
(a) Elka.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) The "brother."
(d) The apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in Gimpel's dream say about God?

2. If Gimpel follows the advice given to him by the dream person, what does he fear?

3. What did the person do that Gimpel owes thanks to?

4. After leaving Frampol, who does Gimpel see when he dreams?

5. After Gimpel reiterates what he saw in his bed when he returned home after their separation, what does Elka do?

(see the answer keys)

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