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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intro and Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) After 1964.
(b) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(c) Before 1920.
(d) After the end of WWII.

2. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 0.9 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 5 million.

3. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?
(a) His wife alone.
(b) His wife, brother, sister in law and nephew.
(c) His sons.
(d) KGB agents.

4. Who first colonized the area know today as Russia according to the Intro?
(a) European tribes.
(b) Spanish tribes.
(c) Asian tribes.
(d) Finnish and Slavic tribes.

5. How did the Russians view the Jews during much of the history of the country?
(a) As demons.
(b) As angels.
(c) As heretics.
(d) As bad merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?

2. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?

3. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

4. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?

5. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

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