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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original language of "Gimpel the Fool"?
(a) Latin.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

2. How long does Gimpel live with Elka?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) A century.
(d) Two months.

3. When the second dream person appears to Gimpel, what do they look like?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Shrouded with a black face.
(c) Like a skeleton.
(d) Happy and healthy.

4. What advice is given to Gimpel regarding Elka's explanation about the child?
(a) God makes miracles every day.
(b) Elka is a liar and he should already know that the child is not his.
(c) The same thing happened to Adam and Eve, and every woman is a descendant of Eve.
(d) Premature births do happen, so Gimpel should be grateful the child lived.

5. What did the person do that Gimpel owes thanks to?
(a) Say extra prayers for Gimpel and his family.
(b) Admit they were wrong.
(c) Find an obscure reference in Maimonides that favors Gimpel.
(d) Supply food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children of the world call Gimpel?

2. As a joke, what do the townspeople tell Gimpel has happened to his parents?

3. Why are the townspeople afraid of Elka?

4. When the Rabbi hears what Gimpel has said about Elka's infidelity, what does he say?

5. What does the Rabbi's daughter make Gimpel do?

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