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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Rabbi (1941)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Herr Schneider knock on the narrator's door late at night?
(a) To borrow a lamp.
(b) To upbraid the narrator.
(c) To ask that Friedrich be adopted by them.
(d) To ask for the family to stay there.

2. How would you characterize the teacher's tone?
(a) Riotious.
(b) Angry at Germans.
(c) Hatred of Jews.
(d) Accepting of Jews.

3. What is the problem with Mr. Schneider?
(a) He lost his job because he is Jewish.
(b) He hurt a man badly on the job today.
(c) He finds out he has an incurable disease.
(d) He did not get a big promotion because the company is doing poorly.

4. What does Friedrich put on at the synagogue?
(a) A woven belt.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His yarmulke (skullcap) and tallis (prayer shawl).
(d) A choir robe.

5. What does the doctor advise Frau Schneider to do?
(a) Confess her sins to her husband.
(b) Nothing; she is beyond advice.
(c) Breathe gently while the sedative works.
(d) Look forward to many more years of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother mention when she bathes both of the boys?

2. Who clears the snow?

3. Where does the narrator take Friedrich?

4. Who gives Friedrich an engraved fountain pen?

5. For what is Friedrich singled out for the first time in his life?

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