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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. In "Powers," what gift does the delivery boy say he has?

2. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," what is the name of the narrator's wife?

3. In "Passions," who says Jonathan is the winner of the bet?

4. In "The Joke," how does Bendel get in contact with the person he wants to correspond with?

5. In "A Quotation from Klopstock," who helps Max with Theresa's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "A Day in Coney Island," what does the narrator do for a living?

2. In "The Joke," how did Bendel get Walden to correspond with him?

3. In "The Power of Darkness," what does Henia do after her death?

4. In "Passions," why is Jonathan named the better scholar?

5. In "Powers," what did the delivery boy do about the depressed woman?

6. In "Old Love," how does Mrs. Brokeles die?

7. In "The Power of Darkness," why is Henia so jealous?

8. In "Grandfather and Grandson," why is Mordecai so alone?

9. In "The Psychic Journey," what happens to Margaret after the journey?

10. What happens when Theresa from "A Quotation from Klopstock" dies?

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

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the feeling of the stories?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme placed in a number of sensitive places in these stories. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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