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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. Who is responsible for Shalem and Dinah uniting?

2. In this chapter, how does DInah defy her mothers?

3. How long does Dinah stay at Mamre?

4. Who's predictions are fulfilled in this chapter?

5. Why are Jacob's sons against the match?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Re-mose decide to visit his mother?

2. What does Jacob do once he has learned about the ceremony?

3. What happens to the sisters?

4. Why are Simon and Levi furious with Dinah's marriage?

5. What does DInah do when she returns to Jacob's camp?

6. What does Dinah learn upon Tabea's arrival?

7. What happens once Dinah gets her period?

8. Why does Dinah decide to move with Meryt?

9. Why is Dinah confused by her feelings for Benia?

10. Why does Dinah venture to Shechem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and independence are important themes in the novel. How do these apply to different women?

-DInah

- Inna

- Gera

- Leah

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, women are allowed to assert their own sexual agency, thus allowing this to become a main theme in the book. Cite three examples of this in the book. Explain how and why the women of the Red Tent are allowed to explore and assert their own sexual agency.

Essay Topic 3

How do you think the book would have been different if it were written by Gera, Dinah's younger relative? How would the point of view change? Would Dinah's story still be as truthful? Would Gera's relationship to Dinah need to be explained?

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