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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With what does the prosecutor threaten Yakov while the two men are meeting?
2. What happens when Yakov's carriage arrives outside of the courthouse?
3. After receiving the information from Marfa, what is Yakov's initial reaction?
4. What is the name of the new attorney that will represent Yakov during the trial?
5. As Yakov is preparing to leave for his trial, what does the deputy warden insist must happen before Yakov leaves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several people that Yakov has been in contact with provide damaging information against him to the police during the investigation of Zhenia's murder. Compare and contrast the following characters in terms of their personalities, their "testimony", and their motivations: Proshko, Zina, and Nikolai.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the warden with the deputy warden.
a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?
b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?
c. Only one of these characters survives the story. Is the deputy warden's death a result of his own doing or a result of dumb luck? Is the warden's survival a result of his own doing or a result of dumb luck? Support your reasoning for both.
d. Looking forward, how might Yakov's incarceration and subsequent trial have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
Clearly, anti-Semitism plays a central role in the development of the characters and the plot of the story.
a. Define anti-Semitism and describe what anti-Semitism is and what it is not.
b. How does the author use anti-Semitism to develop his characters and the story's plot?
c. Why does the author use anti-Semitism in the story? What does the author hope to gain?
d. How might the story have been impacted if the anti-Semitism piece had been completely left out? Would the story have been richer? More dramatic? Why or why not?
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