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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 1 | Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Judith raise that Mordecai cannot answer?
(a) Why does God require the existence of Just Men?
(b) Why do Just Men die in their beds?
(c) What sin have they committed?
(d) What do Just Men do for the world?

2. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?
(a) He rescued them all.
(b) He killed them all.
(c) He buried them all.
(d) He deserted them all.

3. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?
(a) The signs by which God made his choice.
(b) The way to treat a Just Man.
(c) The purpose of a Just man.
(d) The identifying features of a Just Man in childhood.

4. What did Jews have to do to save their lives in York in 1185?
(a) Learn to speak English.
(b) Evacuate the synagogue.
(c) Cut their hair.
(d) Acknowledge the passion of Jesus Christ.

5. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?
(a) He is illiterate and cannot speak.
(b) He is illiterate, and he's cruel to people.
(c) He is illiterate, and he loves no one.
(d) He is illiterate and loves plants and animals more than people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?

2. Why doesn't Judith rejoice when she becomes pregnant for the fourth time?

3. What is Mordecai's pet name for Judith?

4. What does the legend say would happen to the world if one of the Just Men were lacking?

5. What is Benjamin Levy's occupation?

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