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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. How does Alex feel about the idea of cutting out the discussion of Jonathan's grandmother from the story?
2. What does Alex admit to Jonathan in the "Letter Dated 17 November 1997"?
3. Who does Alex think was "born to be a writer"?
4. When does the old woman want out of the car?
5. What does the Gypsy girl want to do with Safran?
Short Essay Questions
1. After reading "What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod, or Falling in Love," the reader might suspect that Lista was a character in her own story. Who might she be? How do you know? Why do this?
2. Why do women fall in love with Safran?
3. Alex has changed throughout the novel. Identify how he has changed by the time he writes "Letter Dated 24 December 1997." What do you think brought about the change?
4. How does the Kolker change in "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941"?
5. What is the relationship between Safran in 1941, Brod in 1804, and the Dial.
6. Although the novel does not say it directly, based on what is written in the Book of Antecedents, what can we assume Brod asked the Kolker to do? Why would she ask this?
7. Safran muses "the more you love someone . . . the harder it is to tell them" (234). What is he referencing? Is this true? Why?
8. In "Letter Dated 12 December 1997," what does Alex think about Jonathan's writing about Safran? Is this hypocritical? What has Alex learned?
9. What does Jonathan tell Alex about his grandmother while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman? What do Jonathan and his grandmother have in common?
10. "Letter Dated 17 November 1997" revolves around the theme of forgiveness. Give at least one example of who needs to be granted forgiveness and the reason.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is love? This question has been asked by many playwrights, poets, and novelists. There are many different answers, and many of them are true. Jonathan Safran Foer is no exception and has written a novel about the depths of love and what true love is. This novel explores the absence of love, the definition of love, and the acceptance of love. Explore and analyze Foer's concept of love in an essay. Reference the novel to aid in your response.
Essay Topic 2
Everything is Illuminated explores the idea of writing. Look at the characters in the novel who write. What genres do they use? Why do people write? What does it accomplish? Is it worth it? What is the author's purpose?
Essay Topic 3
There are three interrelated stories in Everything is Illuminated. How are the stories connected? What is the major theme that binds them? Why tell the story in three parts? What does this accomplish?
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