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The Yiddish language test will last an hour and consist of the following:

1. a short aural comprehension test  (English questions and answers to a Yiddish recording)            15%
2. a fill-in-the-gap text            15%
3. a reading comprehension (Yiddish text with questions in English)            20%
4. a text in which you’ll be asked to underline loshn-koydesh words            15%
5. a short text that tests your YIVO transliteration skills            15%
6. a short text that tests your command of cursive script (you will be asked to copy a short printed text into cursive)            20%

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