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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 are the characters in "The Sacrifice" ?

2. What does the ghost of Mr. Dubbs's brother do to Mrs. Dubbs?

3. According to the narrator what have Jorgen Lovborg's plays brought about?

4. What happens to the merchant's t-shirts when he adds the animal to them as God suggested?

5. How long had Mr. Dubbs's brother been dead when he saw his ghost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the third and final method civil disobedience the author describes and how is it described?

2. What ailment does Woody's nephew seem to have and what does this cause Woody to think of regarding Emily Dickinson's quote?

3. What happens to Natasha in the ballet "Dmitri"?

4. What does the shepherd find in the caves and what do experts think of this discovery?

5. Who is Lovborg and his women? Who are his women supposed to symbolize?

6. Why does Berte kill herself?

7. What are some examples of what the ghost of Mr. Dubbs's brother says and does to his family?

8. What does Kaiser find when he arrives at Hunter College Book Store?

9. Who is Dr. Osgood Mulford Twelge and what does he do?

10. What is Anna and what does she discuss with Kleinman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a symbol? Please define symbolism as used in literature and provide at least two examples of symbolism that can be found in "Without Feathers"--be sure to explain what the symbolism is about and who/what is involved in the symbolism.

Essay Topic 2

Please analyze the killer from "Death (A Play)." What does the author tell reader directly about the killer? What does the reader infer about the killer from his actions, speech, and interactions with Kleinman? In the end, what does the killer represent?

Essay Topic 3

What is an ethicist and what is ethicist writing? Please provide an example of ethicist type writing found in "Without Feathers" and what various characteristics or structure makes this section an example of ethicist writing.

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