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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?

2. After his dream in Chapter 4, what does Gimpel imagine the bread dough is saying to him?

3. Who translated "Gimpel the Fool"?

4. While on her deathbed, what does Elka ask Gimpel to do?

5. By the time he is older, how has Gimpel's career progressed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story of "Gimpel the Fool" is largely effective due to its use of first person narrative. Define first person narrative and discuss why it works particularly well with this story. Also, consider the use of first person narrative in Gimpel the Fool and how would the story be different if :

Part A) The first person narrative was not Gimpel's voice.

Part B) The story was written in the third person.

Essay Topic 2

Gimpel displays a great deal of compassion throughout the story while evoking the same emotions from the reader. Explore and discuss Singer's use of compassion to relay the story. How does the first person narrative aid in this?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the concepts of truth and persecution as they are used in conjunction within the text. What is true to Gimpel? To the townspeople? To God? Which one perseveres, and why? Does truth inspire perseverance? Does one person's truth lead to another person's persecution?

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