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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 the name of Dorf's brother?

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

3. What happened to the oppressed post revolution?

4. Why does Sigmund go to secretarial school?

5. What has Henrick taken with him to Oslo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kaiser Lupowitz?

2. What do "On Seeing a Tree in Summer" and "On Tripping Through a Copse Picking Violets" seem to cover or determine?

3. How do the oppressors and oppressed behave?

4. What does Kleinman learn about the killer as he speaks to him? What does Kleinman suggest to the killer?

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

6. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

7. How does Kaiser discover where the call girl service is based?

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

9. What does Abraham think of God's command and what does Sarah think of the command?

10. What happens to Klavar Akdal in "I Prefer to Yodel"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please define parody as a literary category. What are three examples of parody found in "Without Feathers" and what are they parodying?

Essay Topic 2

Please define what an essay is and define two different types of essays that were introduced to you in class. What essay style were "The Early Essays" written in?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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