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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. How does the Diamond dealer regard his ability to sell diamond?

2. What is Itsik short for?

3. Why won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?

4. What is Kompanyevitch's profession?

5. What color of ties is Froike-Sheygetz partial to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Moshke give for needing money?

4. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?

5. How did Eisik die in The Automatic Exemption?

6. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

7. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

8. How does Berko celebrate his life after the train incident?

9. What does Motek learn from his succession of low paying difficult jobs?

10. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aleichem utilizes the literary tool of irony extensively throughout "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories". Using at least three textual examples, describe how Aleichem utilized irony to establish themes, strengthen characterizations and add humor.

Essay Topic 2

How does Aleichem draw attention to the generation gap between youth and their parents in this book, and what developments in the plot arise from the misunderstandings between generations?

Essay Topic 3

How can the plot of Tevye and his family be seen as a paradigm of the fate of the Russian Jewry around the turn of the century?

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