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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 secret does Netta reveal about Dorf?

2. What does Mr. Sykes's spirit attempt to shoplift?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Sanstad's son?

4. Whose works are Woody Allen's compared to?

5. What is the doctor's last dying request of Kleinman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Sigmund's relationship with Justine and Yvette?

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

4. How do the oppressors and oppressed behave?

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

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

7. In which essay does Allen touch on love and what does he say about is?

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

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

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

Define comedy and comedic literature. Please provide two examples of the different types of comedy touched on in class and two examples of comedic literature found in "Without Feathers."

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Please define parapsychology. List at least three criticisms/controversies that are associated with this field of study. Please explain what Woody Allen's opinion of parapsychology seems to be based on "Examining Psychic Phenomena" and provide three examples from this section that allude to parapsychology.

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