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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven and Danny have intense debates during whose class in Chapter 16?
(a) David Malter's.
(b) Reb Saunders'.
(c) Rav Gershenson's.
(d) Nathan Appleman’s.

2. What is a form of nationalism of Jews and Jewish culture that supports a Jewish nation state in territory defined as the Land of Israel?
(a) Communism.
(b) Zionism.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Mormonism.

3. What does Danny say to explain his presence to Reuven in Chapter 16?
(a) “Best friends, always.”
(b) “God wants me here.”
(c) “The ban has been lifted.”
(d) “Will you be my friend again?”

4. Where do Reuven, Danny, and Reb Saunders meet in Chapter 18?
(a) The library.
(b) Reb Saunders’ study.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) In front of the school.

5. What word does Reuven research the meaning of to help him understand the trouble Danny has with experimental psychology in Chapter 13?
(a) “Psychic.”
(b) “Cadaver.”
(c) “Unconscious.”
(d) “Embryo.”

6. In regarding Danny’s relationship with his father, Reuven says in Chapter 12, "I almost had the impression that they were physically incapable of communicating with each other about” what?
(a) “Ordinary things.”
(b) “Religious things.”
(c) “Scientific things.”
(d) “Political things.”

7. Reb Saunders likens Danny Saunders to his brother named what in Chapter 18?
(a) Paul.
(b) Michael.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Daniel.

8. Danny Saunders discusses his feelings about experimental psychology with what professor in Chapter 13?
(a) Dr. Grossman.
(b) Professor Applebaum.
(c) David Malter.
(d) Dr. Snydman.

9. In Chapter 13, Danny is upset to find that Hirsch College studies experimental psychology as opposed to what?
(a) Animal psychology.
(b) Freudian psychology.
(c) Clinical psychology.
(d) Adolesent psychology.

10. The entire Hirsch campus is saddened by the rising violence between whom in Chapter 15?
(a) The Russians and the Germans.
(b) The Americans and the Japanese.
(c) The Arabs and Jews of Palestine.
(d) The Brazilians and the Kenyans.

11. Where is Reuven’s father when he collapses and is taken to the hospital in Chapter 14?
(a) The Jewish National Fund Meeting.
(b) The American Museum of Natural History.
(c) The Jewish National Fund Meeting.
(d) Central Park.

12. Who in the Saunders home has unexplained crying spells in Chapter 12?
(a) Reb Saunders.
(b) Levi Saunders.
(c) Reuven Saunders.
(d) Danny Saunders.

13. What is the term used to describe the rabbinic ordination Danny will undergo in Chapter 16?
(a) Pilpul.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Smicha.
(d) Payot.

14. After not seeing him for several months, Reuven goes to visit Danny at the end of which month in Chapter 11?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) February.

15. While Danny reads psychological texts in Chapter 10, Reuven concentrates on what kind of articles?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Biological.
(c) Geological.
(d) Mathematical.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Battle of the Bulge begin?

2. Food that may be consumed according to Jewish law is termed what in English?

3. Danny Saunders applies to programs at what three educational institutions in Chapter 17?

4. Who is elected President of his class in Chapter 11?

5. Reuven’s Talmud instructor calls on him to discuss Talmud texts at the end of February in Chapter 14. For how many days does Reuven continue discussing the passage in class?

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