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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 Michael perceive about many things?
(a) They are unreal.
(b) They are harmful.
(c) They belong to aliens.
(d) They are dirty.

2. What does Reuven feel caught between in the religious community?
(a) Tradition and innovation.
(b) He does not feel caught between anything.
(c) Men who are ambitious.
(d) Men who desire power.

3. To whom does Kalman apologize?
(a) Danny.
(b) Reuven.
(c) Professor Gordon.
(d) Greenfield.

4. How many typographical errors does Reuven's father find in his new book?
(a) 1.
(b) Numerous.
(c) 0.
(d) 22.

5. What does Kalman say Reuven has to do before Kalman will offer his scholarly approval of Reuven?
(a) Write an essay comparing orthodoxy and heterodoxy.
(b) Make a decision.
(c) Bring his father in to talk with Kalman.
(d) Write an interpretation using strictly orthodox standards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Danny and Michael discuss at the opening to Chapter 12?

2. What languages are difficult for Kalman in reading David Malter's book?

3. What does Rav Kalman ask Reuven?

4. Why is Abe Greenfield unprepared for class?

5. What film do Danny and Reuven and their dates go to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Danny's father want to learn and what is his reaction when Reuven tells him?

2. What is the difference in scholarly approaches between Kalman and Reuven's father.

3. What does Reuven tell his father about his meetings with Rav Kalman and what is David Malter's response?

4. What happens when Reuven goes in to Michael's room to see him after the fire?

5. What does Danny give Michael and what does Michael say about it to Reuven?

6. What does Kalman say to Reuven about his smicha exam?

7. What do Reuven and Gordon discuss when they meet in this chapter?

8. What does Reb Saunders tell Reuven and what does Reuven do?

9. Describe Abe Greenfield and his problem at opening of Chapter 8.

10. What does Reuven think about the reason for orthodox Jews to become so stubborn?

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