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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey; The Beginning of the World Often Comes; The Lottery, 1791; Letter Dated 20 July 1997; An Overture to Encountering the Hero, and Then Encountering the Hero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Shalom.
(c) Sofiowka.
(d) Hannah.

2. What is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) The truth.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Hurting his grandfather.
(d) Not finding Augustine.

3. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?
(a) Little Igor.
(b) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Rolf.

4. What does Yankel wear that distinguishes him from everyone else?
(a) An incriminating abacus bead on a string.
(b) An innocent white flower in his lapel.
(c) A blue bowler hat with a black ribbon.
(d) A black tie.

5. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Shalom Temple.
(b) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(c) The Upright Synagogue.
(d) The Sloucher Synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character introduced in the book?

2. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?

3. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?

4. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?

5. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?

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