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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the place where Aryeh goes regularly to have a ritual bath?
(a) The sitra achra.
(b) The mashpia.
(c) The mivkeh.
(d) The synagogue.

2. In Chapter 9 when Aryeh comes home for a visit, how does he look?
(a) Angry.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Old and tired.

3. Asher accuses Aryeh of being blind in which way?
(a) Aesthetically.
(b) Theologically.
(c) Socially.
(d) Morally.

4. According to the mashpia, Jewish souls are like what?
(a) "The commandments of the Torah."
(b) "The flame of a candle."
(c) "The universal element of fire."
(d) "The master of the universe."

5. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?
(a) American Gothic.
(b) The Sistine Chapel.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) The David.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Asher meet for the first time when he enters Jacob Kahn's apartment?

2. In Chapter 11, where does Asher spend the month of July?

3. What job did Yudel Krinsky have in Russia?

4. Jacob Kahn wears what type of facial hair?

5. By what name does the Lev family frequently call the Jewish God?

(see the answer key)

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