View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Flirting with another woman.
(b) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Working at the flour mill.

2. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?
(a) The Upright Synagogue.
(b) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Slouching Synagogue.

3. How is the town divided?
(a) It is divided into the Jewish Quarter and the Human Three-Quarters.
(b) It is divided into the Rich District and the Ghetto.
(c) It is divided into the Russian Quarter, the Polish Quarter, and the Jewish Half.
(d) It is divided into the Jewish Half and the Christian Half.

4. How does Brod dress for the parade?
(a) She dresses like a princess.
(b) She dresses in traditional Upright clothing.
(c) She dresses in traditional Sloucher clothing.
(d) She dresses as a mermaid.

5. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Sloucher Synagogue.
(b) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Upright Synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

2. What does Yankel dream about?

3. By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod?

4. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?

5. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 294 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample