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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 happened to the oppressed post revolution?

2. Where does Sir Arthur Nurney end up after his teleportation while in the bath?

3. What does the narrator claim that Dorf and Netta symbolize?

4. What weapon does Flossie pull on Kaiser?

5. Who was Aristonidis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kaiser find when he arrives at Hunter College Book Store?

2. How does Flossie try to blackmail Word?

3. How does the author describe a sit-down strike and what warning do they give?

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

5. What are some examples of what the ghost of Mr. Dubbs's brother says and does to his family?

6. In "The Sacrifice" how does Man offend Nature? What must be done to appease Nature?

7. What is the third and final method civil disobedience the author describes and how is it described?

8. What are some of the worries or anxieties that Woody shares in the opening section of the book?

9. Who is Kaiser Lupowitz?

10. Why does Berte kill herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a memoir and how does it differ from an autobiography? Which short story in "Without Feathers" is considered a memoir and who is the memoir about?

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 describe the structure of a plot and what a plot does. Define climax and anticlimax and provide an example of each from the book.

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