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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dial, 1941-1804-1941; Letter Dated 17 November 1997; Falling in Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(b) Flirting with another woman.
(c) Working at the flour mill.
(d) Working in the fields.

2. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?
(a) Brod.
(b) Alex.
(c) Hannah and Chana.
(d) Jonathan.

3. What does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?
(a) Tall with green eyes.
(b) Chubby with mismatched eyes.
(c) Skinny with dark hair.
(d) Thin with blonde hair.

4. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Rolf.
(c) Little Igor.
(d) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.

5. How old is Little Igor?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Grandfather hired to do?

2. Who wins the second lottery?

3. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?

4. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

5. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?

(see the answer key)

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