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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Chapter Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Rav Kalman's orthodoxy so entrenched?
(a) Because he knows he is right.
(b) No one knows why.
(c) Because of the beatings by his father when Rav Kalman is young.
(d) Because of the horrific events of the holocaust.

2. Out of what does David think Kalman is acting?
(a) Bitterness at the deaths of his teacher and friends.
(b) Love for the Torah.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

3. Who does Reuven visit after speaking with Kalman?
(a) Danny Saunders.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Rachel Gordon.
(d) Michael.

4. What sects have inhabited the narrator's neighborhood?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Hasidic.
(c) Sufi.
(d) Arab.

5. What surprises Reuven's father?
(a) Learning of Danny and Rachel's relationship.
(b) That Reuven is dating Rachel seriously.
(c) That Reuven is quitting seminary.
(d) That Kalman apologized to a student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem has Professor Gordon had?

2. Who has been upset by Rav Kalman's article on David Malter's book?

3. What does Kalman say Reuven has to do before Kalman will offer his scholarly approval of Reuven?

4. How do David Malter and Rav Kalman differ academically?

5. What leads Reuven to read books by Professor Gordon?

(see the answer key)

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