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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," how was a woman saved from suicide?

2. In "Powers," what kind of women does the man say he thinks about often?

3. In "The Cabalist of East Broadway," where can the main character get retirement funds?

4. In "Brother Beetle," how does Dosha describe her lover?

5. In Something Is There, what does the rabbi become skeptical about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator relate with the beetle?

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

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

4. What does Joel from "The Cabalist of East Broadway" refuse to do?

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

6. In "The Yearning Heifer," why does the narrator say he knows how the yearning heifer felt?

7. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," how does the narrator come to know the two sisters?

8. In "The Admirer," for what does Elizabeth apologize?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. In what stories does this theme appears, and how do the characters react who are touched by it? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Polygamy was something many different men in these stories resorted to. What are their reasons for this, and how does this affect the other people in those stories?

Essay Topic 3

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

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