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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. What happened to Emmy's grandson?
2. What is Julian not up to recalling?
3. What does Julian think Tyler should not have to do?
4. What does Libor suggest Julian needs?
5. What is the agreement Julian makes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Julian meet at a party and what do they do?
2. With whom does Sam have a falling out and what disappoints him about the ASHamed Jews?
3. What does Libor tell Julian to go ahead and do and how does Libor start Julian on the path?
4. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?
5. Why does Julian tell Libor about the mugging, and what is Libor's response?
6. What is Sam's response to Julian's story about the mugging?
7. What does Emmy ask of Libor?
8. How does Sam respond to Libor's dinner invitation?
9. How do Sam and Julian meet Libor?
10. What debates does Julian think about as he walks to Regent's Park and what is Julian's thought about what Libor says?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Howard Jacobson.
2. What in Jacobson's background may have helped him in writing The Finkler Question? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?
2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as The Finkler Question help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading The Finkler Question? Why or why not.
3. Choose one specific incident in The Finkler Question to discuss and compare one of the characters' response to how you think you would respond.
Essay Topic 3
When Sam first hears that his son was involved in an anti-Semitic incident, he thinks his friends are playing a prank on him to teach him a lesson for his insensitivity earlier in the evening, but since that seems unlikely and he is unable to reach his children when he attempts to contact them, he hires a limo to drive him to Oxford, demonstrating his paternal sentiments. During the drive, he is irrationally anxious, and he curls into a ball and cries because he feels he let Tyler down since he promised to make their children his first priority before she died. He likes his children and wants to make amends for being uninterested in them when they were younger, but he worries it is too late now and wonders if his neglect somehow contributed to the attack.
1. What do you think Sam believing his friends would play a prank on him that involves Antisemitism says about Sam or his friends and their friendship. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
2. Do you think Sam's behavior on the way to his daughter's house is over reacting? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
3. Do you think when children are adults and a parent has not paid much attention to them the relationship can be changed or is it too late? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.
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