Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The old woman tells that when the Nazis came all the men were lined up and told to do what or their family would die? (from The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary or It All Goes Downhill After the Wedding, 1941; The Dupe of Chance, 1941-1924; The Thickness of Blood and Drama, 1934; Letter Dated 12 December 1997; What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love)

Spit on the Torah.

Identify a Jewish person.

Choose who would get shot.

Give them their valuables.

2.

Who is Alex referring to when he says, "it is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer a reason to survive" (143)? (from The Dial, 1941-1804-1941; Letter Dated 17 November 1997; Falling in Love)

Brod.

Jonathan's grandmother.

Alex's Grandfather.

Jonathan's grandfather.

3.

Why do the people remain in Trachimbrod even thought they know the Nazi's are coming? (from Illumination; The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary! Or The End of the Moment That Never Ends, 1941; The First Blasts, and Then Love, 1941; The Persnicketiness of Memory, 1941; The Beginning of the World Often Comes, 1942-1791; Letter Dated 22 Januar)

The town is already surrounded.

They do not have passports.

They cannot decide what to do and pretend everything is normal.

They want to see what the Nazi's will do.

4.

What is everyone in Trachimbrod doing when the Nazis come? (from Illumination; The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary! Or The End of the Moment That Never Ends, 1941; The First Blasts, and Then Love, 1941; The Persnicketiness of Memory, 1941; The Beginning of the World Often Comes, 1942-1791; Letter Dated 22 Januar)

Having a town meeting.

Celebrating Trachimday.

Praying in the synagogue.

Sleeping.

5.

What does Alex's father do that makes Alex mad? (from Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 24 December 1997; An Overture to Illumination; Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 26 January 1998)

He hits Alex.

He hits Grandfather.

He jokes with Alex about sex.

He jokes with Alex about Jewish people.

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