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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Food that may be consumed according to Jewish law is termed what in English?
(a) Yeshiva.
(b) Smicha.
(c) Kosher.
(d) Talmud.
2. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Quran.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The Christian Bible.
3. Reuven's father says in Chapter 13, "...the fanaticism of men like Reb Saunders kept us alive for” how many years of exile?
(a) 500.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 2,000.
4. Danny is frustrated by reading and translating his psychological texts until he finds what in Chapter 10?
(a) A dictionary of psychological terms.
(b) An essay by a former student.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A medical journal.
5. What does Reuven ask Danny when he visits him after starting his studies in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) If he will be married soon.
(b) If he is pursuing his law degree.
(c) If he will raise his son in silence.
(d) If he has had a daughter.
6. In regarding Danny’s relationship with his father, Reuven says in Chapter 12, "I almost had the impression that they were physically incapable of communicating with each other about” what?
(a) “Scientific things.”
(b) “Political things.”
(c) “Ordinary things.”
(d) “Religious things.”
7. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders states that he believes that the Master of the Universe sent Reuven to his son Danny because Reuven had what?
(a) A heart.
(b) Luck.
(c) A soul.
(d) A brain.
8. While he is hospitalized in Chapter 12, Reuven’s father reads everything he can about what?
(a) The downfall of European Jewry.
(b) The Spanish Empire.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) Fly fishing.
9. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will remain what?
(a) His father's son.
(b) A human being.
(c) An Orthodox Jew.
(d) A scientist.
10. Danny Saunders contemplates going where to earn a doctorate in Chapter 16?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) UC Berkeley.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) UC Santa Barbara.
11. What has Reuven Malter’s father suffered in Chapter 12?
(a) A stroke.
(b) An aneurism.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Temporary amnesia.
12. Reuven’s Talmud instructor calls on him to discuss Talmud texts at the end of February in Chapter 14. For how many days does Reuven continue discussing the passage in class?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.
13. What word does Reuven research the meaning of to help him understand the trouble Danny has with experimental psychology in Chapter 13?
(a) “Unconscious.”
(b) “Embryo.”
(c) “Cadaver.”
(d) “Psychic.”
14. Reb Saunders intends to boycott shop owners who are supporters of what in Chapter 14?
(a) Zionism.
(b) Gematriya.
(c) Pilpul.
(d) Shabbat.
15. When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt die?
(a) December 9, 1923.
(b) August 3, 1954.
(c) April 12, 1945.
(d) February 25, 1938.
Short Answer Questions
1. What declines considerably at Reuven’s college after the memorial for a fallen graduate in Chapter 15?
2. What organization does Reb Saunders originate and develop in Chapter 14?
3. Where do Reuven, Danny, and Reb Saunders meet in Chapter 18?
4. Who meets regularly with Reuven and Danny at the library in Chapter 10?
5. Danny Saunders claims to have learned how do live with what in Chapter 16?
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