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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. Jacob Kahn warns Asher not to become a whore due to which part of Asher's dress?
2. What is the setting of the beginning of Chapter 14?
3. Where does Jacob Kahn take Asher for the summer?
4. What kind of hat does Asher wear?
5. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Aryeh?
2. What does Asher do for the summer while Jacob Kahn campaigns for Kennedy?
3. Describe the person with whom Asher stays in Florence.
4. Before meeting with Jacob Kahn for the first time, Asher receives an assignment from him to read a story from the New Testament. What is the story? How does Asher feel about reading it?
5. How does Jacob Kahn talk to God?
6. How does the Rav Dorochoff react to Asher's calling him in the middle of the night?
7. Describe Asher's surroundings while he lives with Jacob Kahn in Provincetown.
8. How does Jacob Kahn respond when Asher asks him if the artist he had just visited was happy?
9. What is Asher's strongest memory of his first art show?
10. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, Asher describes moments of intimacy and estrangement between his parents, such as the intimacy that his parents gain through working in Europe alone together and the estrangement Rivkeh experiences from Aryeh due to Asher's art. Explain some of these moments. Do you think this makes a statement about what a normal marriage is like, or do you think Aryeh and Rivkeh should have treated each other differently? How do you think this affects Asher's development as a person? How does it affect his art?
Essay Topic 2
By the end of the book, the Rebbe believes that Asher has gone too far in his artwork and is now hurting those who love him, although he claims to understand Asher's work. Do you think the Rebbe would have preferred Asher to stay within the acceptable limits of the Ladover Hasidic faith? What do you imagine a reasonable Ladover Hasidic artist would paint? Try to imagine and explain some symbols other than the crucifixion that Asher could have used to convey ultimate suffering, symbols that would have been better received by Asher's community.
Essay Topic 3
The book does not directly address Asher's love life, but it does offer hints, such as Asher's mention of "greetings" with a girl in Paris. In the Ladover community, marriages are arranged through families, although the bride and groom may also offer their consent. Describe Rivkeh's talking to Asher about the possibility of finding a wife. How does Asher handle this discussion? How do you think Asher would unite his duties to art with his duties to a potential wife and children? Explain.
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