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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

2. Reuven discovers that his father has been invited to what meeting in Chapter 15?
(a) The Zionist General Council meeting in Palestine.
(b) The International Alliance of Jews.
(c) The United Nations Cousel.
(d) The League of Christian and Jewish Immigrants.

3. Where does Reuven’s father travel for research for his articles in Chapter 10?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

5. Reuven begins what year of his college studies at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) His third year.
(b) His fourth year.
(c) His second year.
(d) His sixth year.

6. How old was Danny Saunders when he was able to read a story about a poor Jew and his struggles, according to Reb Saunders in Chapter 18?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

7. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that Freudian psychology cannot be applied to what in Chapter 13?
(a) The masses.
(b) Modern times.
(c) Ancient times.
(d) Women and children.

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

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

10. What refers to the virtue of empathy for the suffering of others?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Misogyny.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Compassion.

11. A battle breaks out between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews during lunch one day about what in Chapter 13?
(a) The creation of a Jewish state.
(b) The holiest of the texts.
(c) The religious rights of all people.
(d) How Judaism relates to Christianity.

12. Danny is frustrated by reading and translating his psychological texts until he finds what in Chapter 10?
(a) A medical journal.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) An essay by a former student.
(d) A dictionary of psychological terms.

13. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "...One learns of the pain of others by” what?
(a) “Discovering the root cause of their pain.”
(b) “Helping them overcome pain.”
(c) “Suffering one’s own pain.”
(d) “Helping them overcome pain.”

14. What is the standard Hebrew Biblical term for non-Jews?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Goyim.
(d) Nisan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will rid himself of what?

2. Danny Saunders has decided that he wants to pursue his studies in what in Chapter 16?

3. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that no one scientist is what in Chapter 13?

4. During what month is it rumored at Reuven’s college that a recent graduate has been killed in the fighting in Palestine in Chapter 15?

5. After not seeing him for several months, Reuven goes to visit Danny at the end of which month in Chapter 11?

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