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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 is Allen considering in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?

2. What does the parrot become in one of Woody's story ideas?

3. What is Word Babcock's line of work?

4. What question does a dead husband ask his living wife during a seance?

5. Which of the following words best describes the god shown in The Scrolls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the oppressors and oppressed behave?

3. What advice does Allen offer in "On Frugality"?

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

5. What is the story of the young woman and the housefly in "The Predators"?

6. Who is Albert Sykes and what is his psychic phenomenon?

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

8. In "The Sacrifice" how does Man offend Nature? What must be done to appease Nature?

9. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

10. What are some of the worries or anxieties that Woody shares in the opening section of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of God is involved in a number of Woody Allen's selections or short stories in "Without Feathers." What are three examples of references to God in "Without Feathers" and what does Allen seem to be saying about the character of God and his interaction/relationship with human beings?

Essay Topic 2

Please explain how the idea of love is presented in "A Guide to Some of The Lesser Ballets." Please compare and contrast how love is presented in these ballets to how love is typically presented in ballets.

Essay Topic 3

In which section of "Without Feathers" does Woody Allen discuss spiritualist/parapsychologist discourse? What does the Allen seem to be stating about the afterlife and spirits/ghosts? Please provide at least two example to support your statement of Allen's opinion on the afterlife and ghosts/spirits.

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