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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Initially, what does Gimpel want to do to the Spirit of Evil?
(a) Tell him he doesn't exist.
(b) Snatch him by the tail.
(c) Ask him more questions.
(d) Worship him.

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

3. When Gimpel has returned home after being separated and he has completed Elka's errand, what does he ask her?
(a) If she missed him.
(b) How she has been.
(c) Where the apprentice went.
(d) Why the kids aren't in bed.

4. While appearing to Gimpel in a dream, what does this dream person say to Gimpel?
(a) Gimpel should repent.
(b) Since the whole world deceives Gimpel, he should deceive the world in return.
(c) Gimpel is bound for hell.
(d) Elka yearns for Gimpel in the afterlife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original language of "Gimpel the Fool"?

2. How does Gimpel feel on his way home at night after work?

3. When the second dream person appears to Gimpel, what do they look like?

4. How many children did Elka bear Gimpel?

5. Why does Elka make her deathbed confession?

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