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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 does Alma do after reading The History of Love?

2. The next day, why does Alma head for the Municipal Archives?

3. What does Misha say when Alma talks to him on the phone?

4. What does Leo find when he goes up to Bruno's apartment?

5. What makes Isaac stop as he leaves Starbucks?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Leo Gursky sign up? What does Bruno think about this?

2. What is learned about Zvi at the beginning of this chapter?

3. Why is Leo surprised to see a copy of his book? How does this make him feel?

4. How do Zvi and Rosa meet and fall in love?

5. Why does Leo go into an empty bedroom in Bernard's house?

6. How does David Singer get a copy of The History of Love?

7. What had Isaac found of his mother's? What do these things make him believe?

8. Why is Emanuel Chaim known as Bird? What else is unique about Emanuel?

9. About what does Leo write?

10. What does Alma do when Jacob Marcus sends a response to her letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alma is hesitant about her relationship with Misha.

Part 1) Describe her relationship with Misha. What does Alma know about love up to this point?

Part 2) How does her view of love affect her relationship with Misha.

Part 3) When does she realize she is falling in love with him? What is ironic about this?

Essay Topic 2

David Singer dies when Alma is six.

Part 1) How does he die? How does his death affect the family?

Part 2) Do the family members grieve in healthy ways? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does the grief of each family member affect the others in the family? How does it affect their relationships with others?

Essay Topic 3

Leo becomes famous for loving one woman all his life and writing about it.

Part 1) How does this statement support one or more of the themes?

Part 2) Why has he only loved one woman? What message does this send to the reader?

Part 3) How is this idea of loving one individual echoed throughout this story? What is the purpose of this?

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