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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What synagogue does Yankel belong to?
(a) The Slouching Synagogue.
(b) The Shalom Temple.
(c) The Upright Synagogue.
(d) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.

2. Who does Alex fall in love with?
(a) Chana.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Augustine.

3. Who said "We must go backward in order to go forward" (37)?
(a) Didl.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Yankel.
(d) The Rabbi.

4. What does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?
(a) Thin with blonde hair.
(b) Tall with green eyes.
(c) Skinny with dark hair.
(d) Chubby with mismatched eyes.

5. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(b) Working at the flour mill.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Flirting with another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout the novel, who is Jonathan looking for?

2. Who says "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?

3. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?

4. What color are Brod's eyes?

5. What lie does Yankel tell himself?

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