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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 Mordecai tell Ernie he will eventually begin to do as a Just Man?
(a) Glow.
(b) Redeem his people.
(c) Become wise.
(d) Work to save the world.

2. What does Mordecai determine to teach Ernie while Ernie is still young?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Manners.
(c) Scriptures.
(d) Who he is.

3. What does Mordecai want to rejuvenate his life after he can't work?
(a) Grandchildren.
(b) A chance to converse with other elders.
(c) The ancient scrolls.
(d) Peace and quiet.

4. What does the ancient text say is the role of Israel in the world?
(a) To atone for the wrongs of mankind.
(b) To take upon itself the sufferings of mankind.
(c) To create the sufferings of mankind.
(d) To fight for justice.

5. What did Jews have to do to save their lives in York in 1185?
(a) Evacuate the synagogue.
(b) Cut their hair.
(c) Learn to speak English.
(d) Acknowledge the passion of Jesus Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advertisement made Benjamin's tailoring shop a success?

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

3. Why does Benjamin decide not to tell his wife that he is a Just Man?

4. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?

5. What does Herr Kremer believe is more powerful than politics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ilse Bruckner have to end her relationship with her friend Ernie?

2. How is Benjamin received by the Jews in Stillenstadt?

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

4. What solution does Moritz think would relieve the Jews of the danger involved in going to the synagogue.

5. How does Judith recognize Mordecai as a Just Man?

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

7. Why doesn't Ernie sing with his class when Herr Geek orders him to do so?

8. What does Benjamin imagine will happen to the Jews as they become acquainted with Germans?

9. Why does Judith blame herself for the death of three of her sons?

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

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