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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Abraham Gordon?
(a) A man who escaped from Ravensbrook.
(b) A professor who is hated by the Jewish orthodoxy.
(c) The temple cantor.
(d) Rachel Gorden's father.

2. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?
(a) Zionism.
(b) Peaceful negotiations.
(c) The crusades.
(d) The Talmud.

3. Who was Nota Finkel?
(a) He was excommuicated in the 1800s for heresy.
(b) He was a fanatical Zionist who changed his mind about Israel.
(c) He was a well-known Talmudist.
(d) He quashed a secularist revolt.

4. Who says it is not a good day to visit?
(a) Michael.
(b) Professor Gordon.
(c) Mrs. Gordon.
(d) Rachel.

5. Why is Professor Gordon exhausted at the opening to Chapter 4?
(a) From his worldwide travels.
(b) From a speaking engagment in San Francisco.
(c) Because he has had the flu.
(d) From working so hard on a new book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator decide to do?

2. What is one adjective that describes Kalman?

3. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?

4. Who does Michael see briefly?

5. With whom is Reuven dissatisfied in the flashback?

(see the answer key)

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