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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 7 that his grandfather was a well-known Hasidic Jew from where?

2. Reuven’s father says that in 1700 a Jewish child named Israel was born. Instead of studying the Talmud, Israel studied what?

3. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?

4. What does Danny Saunders tell Reuven when he visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?

5. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What historical figure does David Malter compare Danny Saunders to in Chapter 6? How is this individual’s influence on Judaism described?

2. What is foreshadowed through Reuven’s inner thoughts and considerations returning home from the hospital in Chapter 5?

3. How does Reuven respond to the information he learns about Billy in Chapter 9? What symbolic imagery is described at the end of this chapter?

4. What is indicated by David Malter’s discussion of Dov Baer in Chapter 8?

5. What is demonstrated by Danny’s interests in psychoanalysis in the novel?

6. How does Reuven feel like his life has changed when he returns home from the hospital in Chapter 5? Why?

7. What is foreshadowed by David Malter’s comments about friendship in Chapter 4?

8. Where is Reuven taken for his injury in Chapter 2? How does Reuven feel?

9. How is Danny Saunders described in Chapter 1? What is Danny’s apparel like? Where does he live?

10. Who is the narrator of The Chosen? How old is this character in Chapter 1, and how is his life and family described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define literary motif and discuss the motif of silence illustrated in the novel. What different silences are described by the narrator? What do they symbolize to him? What does silence mean to Danny and Reb Saunders?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Reb Saunders in the novel. What are Reuven’s feelings about Reb Saunders? How does Danny communicate with his father? How does Reb Saunders differ from David Malter?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Danny Saunders in the narrative. How is Danny described when he is introduced in Chapter 1? What are Reuven’s first impressions of Danny? Why? How do these impressions evolve?

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