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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven's father says in Chapter 13, "...the fanaticism of men like Reb Saunders kept us alive for” how many years of exile?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 500.

2. Passover begins on the fifteenth day of what month of the Jewish calendar?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Nisan.
(d) Seder.

3. Reuven is called on the first week of which month to discuss texts from the Talmud in his new Talmud class in Chapter 14?
(a) October.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) August.

4. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders states that he believes that the Master of the Universe sent Reuven to his son Danny because Reuven had what?
(a) A brain.
(b) A soul.
(c) Luck.
(d) A heart.

5. Where did D-day take place in World War II?
(a) Sussex, England.
(b) Stalingrad, Russia.
(c) Okinawa, Japan.
(d) Normandy, France.

6. Danny Saunders applies to programs at what three educational institutions in Chapter 17?
(a) Stanford, Yale, Harvard.
(b) Stanford, Harvard, and Rutgers.
(c) Harvard, Berkeley and Columbia.
(d) Rutgers, Columbia, and Yale.

7. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that no one scientist is what in Chapter 13?
(a) In charge.
(b) Normal.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) God.

8. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will remain what?
(a) His father's son.
(b) An Orthodox Jew.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A human being.

9. When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt die?
(a) December 9, 1923.
(b) August 3, 1954.
(c) April 12, 1945.
(d) February 25, 1938.

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

11. Where does Reuven’s father give a speech in support of Zionism in Chapter 13?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The American Museum of Natural History.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

12. Reuven’s father returns from the hospital in which month in Chapter 15?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) March.

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

14. Reuven becomes upset because whose notions contradict everything he knows in Chapter 12?
(a) Adolf Hitler's.
(b) Heidegger’s.
(c) Pablo Picasso’s.
(d) Sigmund Freud’s.

15. On what date are Reuven and his father overjoyed to learn that the establishment of a Jewish state is going to happen in Chapter 14?
(a) March 2.
(b) November 29.
(c) August 11.
(d) June 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders discusses his feelings about experimental psychology with what professor in Chapter 13?

2. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "A man is born into this world with only a tiny spark of goodness in him. The spark is” what?

3. When was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?

4. In Chapter 16, Reuven's father says, "A father can bring up a child any way he wishes...What a price to pay for a” what?

5. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?

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