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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 many horses pull the carriage that holds "The Gentleman from Cracow"?

2. In "Zeidel the Pope," to what religion does Zeidel convert?

3. In The Slaughterer, why does Meir not become the next rabbi?

4. In "Henne Fire," to what is Hennerly compared?

5. In "The Séance," what is the name of Zorach's lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comforts Tiabel in "Tiabel and Her Demon"?

2. In "The Letter Writer," how was Herman saved?

3. Why does the desk clerk in "Alone get angry with the narrator?

4. In "Zeidlus the Pope," how does the devil claim the man's soul?

5. In "Gimpel the Fool," what does Gimpel learn on his wife's deathbed?

6. For whom is a special tomb made in "The Gentleman from Cracow," and why?

7. How did Esther in "The Cafeteria" die?

8. In "A Friend of Kafka," how does Kohn say one can live forever?

9. What does Zorach say about death at the end of "The Séance"?

10. In "The Unseen," on what does Nathan blame his fall from grace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different forms the devil takes in this book, and why do you think they were each so different from each other.

Essay Topic 2

How did the immigration of Jews to America affect the people in some of these stories, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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