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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapter Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reuven realize about Danny's work with Michael?
(a) It is an attempt to justify Danny's own life choices.
(b) It is motivated by deep compassion.
(c) It is a shot in the dark.
(d) It is ineffective.

2. Why is Professor Gordon exhausted at the opening to Chapter 4?
(a) From working so hard on a new book.
(b) From a speaking engagment in San Francisco.
(c) From his worldwide travels.
(d) Because he has had the flu.

3. How was Danny taught about suffering by his father?
(a) Danny's father shows him pictures of bombed cities.
(b) Danny's father makes him beg at Coney Island on Saturdays.
(c) Danny's father only spoke to him when studying the Talmud.
(d) Danny's father takes him to post-WWII Germany.

4. What does Rav Kalman ask Reuven?
(a) To talk to Kalman about the tension between the two.
(b) To help Reuven's father feel better.
(c) To leave seminary.
(d) To teach a class on heterodoxy.

5. When does Michael begin treatment?
(a) He agrees to start after the new year.
(b) He starts the same day that Michael returns to classes.
(c) The second week in October.
(d) He refuses treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem has Professor Gordon had?

2. When does Reuven return to seminary?

3. What does Reuven notice about his father?

4. What does Danny say about Michael?

5. What does Kalman claim unravels and destroys the Talmud's authority?

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