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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. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?

2. What does the diamond dealer do to the young man who returns his case?

3. How is Noyach Tonkonog able to read a telegram about the upcoming pogrom?

4. Where does Berko go after the train stops?

5. What does the diamond dealer try to sell to the commercial traveler at the end of the Hard Luck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the locomotive arrive with no train attached to it in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?

2. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

3. What does the 60-year-old man do to giveaway his skill at cards?

4. Describe the appearance of Motek.

5. How does Motek describe his line of work?

6. What type of relationship does Yoyl have with his neighbor Kompanyevitch?

7. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

8. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

9. How did Paysi's father die?

10. In The Automatic Exemption, when the father visits lawyers in Yehupetz and explains his predicament to them, why are they unable to give him advice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the point of view utilized by Aleichem in his stories. How does the type of narration and point of view affect the pacing of the plot and engage the reader? Make sure and specific textual examples to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Aleichem depict violence, specifically the pogroms against the Jews, in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories", and how does it affect the development of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does Aleichem utilize the literary technique of periphrasis throughout the novel to create believable narrators? How does this inclusion of periphrasis affect the pacing and tone of the stories?

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