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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. In "The Séance," what is the name of Zorach's lover?

2. In "Short Friday," what is Smul's occupation?

3. In "Tiabel and Her Demon," where does Nissan go after he deserts his wife?

4. In "Tiabel and Her Demon," how does Tiabel feel when she learns Alchanon died?

5. In "The Spinoza of Market Street," what does Nahum think emotions cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nahum from "The Spinoza of Market Street" think makes him a fool?

2. In "Zeidlus the Pope," how does the devil claim the man's soul?

3. In "A Friend of Kafka," how does Kohn say one can live forever?

4. For whom is a special tomb made in "The Gentleman from Cracow," and why?

5. In "The Little Shoemakers," what happens when Abba gets to America?

6. How did Esther in "The Cafeteria" die?

7. Why does the desk clerk in "Alone get angry with the narrator?

8. In "A Friend of Kafka," what famous people does Kohn say he knows?

9. How did Hennerly in "Henne Fire" die?

10. Why does Meir become the Slaughterer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There was a lot of interesting advice given and received in these stories. What are some examples of this advice, and what were the consequences of it?

Essay Topic 2

How did the immigration of Jews to America affect the people in some of these stories, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. In what stories does this theme appears, and how do the characters react who are touched by it? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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