The Last of the Just Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

André Schwarz-Bart
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Last of the Just Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

André Schwarz-Bart
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benjamin think will make Jews become Germans?
(a) Torture.
(b) Fear.
(c) Duplicity.
(d) Admiration.

2. What does Herr Kremer believe is more powerful than politics?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Love.

3. What does Benjamin call his wife?
(a) My dove.
(b) Fraulein Blumenthal.
(c) Dearly beloved.
(d) Little darling.

4. Why does Ernie join the street gang?
(a) To follow his brother Moritz.
(b) He loves fighting.
(c) To be near Ilse Bruckner.
(d) To have playmates.

5. What finally causes Benjamin to drop his suspicion of the villagers?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cheap rent.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Kind words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr Geek force the Jewish children to do?

2. Why does Ernie remain calm through the Pimpfe's cruel treatment of him?

3. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?

4. What does Judith unwillingly consent to do for Mordecai?

5. What does a Just Man do with the pain of others, according to Mordecai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ernie think when he feels no pain from the bumps and gashes he has suffered?

2. What does Ernie do to ease the emptiness in his heart after the beating?

3. How does Mordecai answer the question of why the Just Man dies in bed, rather than in martyrdom?

4. What "mysterious" change takes place in Benjamin after Mordecai and Judith join him in Stillenstadt?

5. What does Ernie have in common with the German boy he meets when he runs away from home?

6. What is the role of the Lamed-Vov, the Just Men?

7. Why did others regard Mordecai as a fallen Levy?

8. What does Herr Kremer mean when he says the child is descended from the man?

9. What does Ernie think as he is surrounded by the Pimpfe bullies?

10. What things does Mordecai believe to be incomprehensible?

(see the answer keys)

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