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My Name Is Asher Lev | Quiz

Chaim Potok
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My Name Is Asher Lev | Quiz

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1)

In Chapter 6, Asher begins to want to use which artistic medium and discovers that he cannot afford it? (from Chapter 5)

Chalk pastel.
Clay.
Charcoal.
Oil paints.
2)

In Chapter 14 when Asher cannot find his parents, where are they? (from Chapter 14)

Out to dinner at a kosher restaurant.
The University of Chicago.
The subway.
Vienna.
3)

In Chapter 6, Asher remembers a conversation between himself as a toddler and Aryeh regarding which publication? (from Chapter 6)

The New York Times.
Newsweek.
The Washington Post.
The Enquirer.
4)

Where does Asher go after school when Aryeh is out of town? (from Chapter 5)

The bakery.
The harbor.
The fire station.
The museum.
5)

When Rivkeh is worried for Aryeh's safety, to which relative does she cry out? (from Chapter 6)

Her mother.
Leah.
Yaakov.
Yitzchok Lev.
6)

Where does Jacob Kahn live? (from Chapter 8)

Brooklyn.
Upper Manhattan.
The Bronx.
Queens.
7)

In Chapter 14, which character does Asher call to ask about his parents? (from Chapter 14)

The mashpia.
Yudel Krinsky.
Avraham Cutler.
Rav Dorochoff.
8)

According to Asher while he is talking with Aryeh in Chapter 14, who buys his paintings? (from Chapter 14)

Synagogues.
Schools.
Collectors.
Wealthy families.
9)

Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first? (from Chapter 7)

Chagall's Lovers in the Moonlight.
Van Gogh's Starry Night.
Munch's The Scream.
Picasso's Guernica.
10)

In Chapter 6, Rivkeh brings Asher a significant gift of all the necessary items for which activity? (from Chapter 6)

Sketching in color.
Blowing glass.
Oil painting.
Sculpting.
11)

In Chapter 11, Asher mentions that which character has passed away? (from Chapter 11)

The mashpia.
Anna Schaeffer.
Yitzchok Lev.
Mrs. Rackover.
12)

Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art? (from Chapter 8)

The David.
The Sistine Chapel.
The Mona Lisa.
American Gothic.
13)

What instrument does the Rebbe use to make a loud noise on Rosh Hashonoh? (from Chapter 6)

A trombone.
A shofar.
A tallis.
A whistle.
14)

What day is it when Asher and Aryeh have the discussion about blindness and about the technical language of the critics? (from Chapter 12)

Shabbos.
Tuesday.
Monday.
Yom Kippur.
15)

What does Asher steal in order to use the gift of his artistry? (from Chapter 5)

Charcoal pencils.
Watercolors.
Stretched canvas.
Oil paints.
16)

Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past? (from Chapter 10)

Eighty.
Eighty-five.
Seventy-five.
Ninety.
17)

Aryeh notes that someone in Florence thought he belonged to which religious group? (from Chapter 12)

Greek Orthodoxy.
Hinduism.
Catholicism.
Islam.
18)

While wandering alone through Manhattan, Asher visits whose art gallery? (from Chapter 9)

The Rebbe's.
Picasso's.
Anna Schaeffer's.
Jacob Kahn's.
19)

While in Europe, what does Asher receive in the mail from Anna Schaeffer? (from Chapter 13)

An envelope full of cash.
A beret.
A box of cookies.
An irate letter.
20)

For how much do Asher's small paintings sell? (from Chapter 14)

$200.
$3,000.
$35,000.
$1,000.
21)

Jacob Kahn speaks with a slight accent from which country? (from Chapter 7)

Austria.
England.
South Africa.
Russia.
22)

In the evenings during the summer, which street do Asher and Jacob Kahn often walk on? (from Chapter 10)

Commercial Street.
Main Street.
Fifth Avenue.
Elm Street.
23)

Asher's first original creation in Jacob Kahn's studio is in what medium? (from Chapter 8)

Charcoals.
Plaster of paris.
Oils on canvas.
Marble.
24)

What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris? (from Chapter 10)

Impressionists.
Fauves.
Cubists.
Abstract artists.
25)

What objects does the mashpia provide in order to see Asher's gift? (from Chapter 5)

A notebook and a pencil.
A piece of paper and a pen.
A chalkboard and some chalk.
A piece of canvas board and some paints.
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