Question

At the end of a novel, one of these figures tries to convince the dying prophetess Rechele (“RAY-khuh-leh”) to stay with it so that she will stay healthy. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these figures. During a wedding in a play titled for one of these figures, Sender’s daughter tears off her wedding veil, pushes away her groom, and embraces a gravestone.
ANSWER: dybbuks [or dybbukim; prompt on spirits or ghosts]
[10e] The authors S. Ansky and Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote The Dybbuk and Satan in Goray in this language, historically used by Ashkenazi Jews.
ANSWER: Yiddish
[10m] At the end of the first act of The Dybbuk, Khonen (“KHO-nin”) collapses dead and drops one of these objects. Death narrates a novel titled for these objects in which a family shelters Max Vandenburg.
ANSWER: books [accept The Book Thief (by Markus Zusak)]
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Cornell BBinghamton0101020
Cornell ARIT A0101020
Cornell CRIT B0101020