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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 type of tree does Allen consider in "On Seeing a Tree in Summer"?

2. What can the reader learn from this section about people who are dead and come back as ghosts?

3. What has Henrick taken with him to Oslo?

4. What is it that Dorf is trying to get from his brother?

5. What happens to Klavar Akdal when the roof of the hen house collapses on him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does God help a small business owner and what is the response of the other business owners?

3. Where does the title of this book come from and what does the title seem to mean?

4. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

5. Who does the narrator compare Allen's play to and what excuse does the narrator give for there being no later plays?

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

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

8. What happens to the doctor in the alley and what does he tell Kleinman?

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

10. Why does Berte kill herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please define the role of tone in a literary work. How is tone conveyed in literature? Please provide three examples from the book of tone.

Essay Topic 2

What is a memoir and how does it differ from an autobiography? Which short story in "Without Feathers" is considered a memoir and who is the memoir about?

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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