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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Moscow.

3. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?
(a) He wanted a fresh start.
(b) It was easier to write in Japanese.
(c) So it didn't sound Jewish.
(d) He wife did not want to marry a Jew.

4. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The Renaissance.

5. When was Solomon Slepak born according to Chapter 1?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Solomon imprisoned as a political prisoner?

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

3. How did Masha's father die?

4. When was Leonid Slepak born?

5. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?

(see the answer key)

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