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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. Where did D-day take place in World War II?

2. Danny Saunders realizes that his father will discover his educational plans by what means in Chapter 17?

3. Reuven’s father returns from the hospital in which month in Chapter 15?

4. When Franklin Roosevelt dies in the narrative, Reuven’s father comments that he had seen the country through what?

5. Danny Saunders contemplates going where to earn a doctorate in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Danny and Reuven’s fathers disagree regarding the establishment of a Jewish state?

2. How does the death of a Hirsch College graduate affect Reuven and his fellow classmates in Chapter 15?

3. What does Reuven’s father compare Danny Saunders to in Chapter 17?

4. How does David Malter defend the actions of Reb Saunders in Chapter 13?

5. What does Reuven remark about the relationship between Reb Saunders and Danny in Chapter 12?

6. What gesture does Danny make to intimate his sympathy for Reuven in Chapter 14?

7. How are the religious studies and lifestyles of Reuven and Danny juxtaposed in Chapter 10?

8. How does Reb Saunders treat Reuven in Chapter 16? How does Reuven feel about this?

9. How does the synagogue respond when Reb Saunders announces Danny’s plans for his education in Chapter 18?

10. What does Reb Saunders conclude about compassion in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of The Chosen and the importance of that setting to the narrative and its themes. Could The Chosen be “modernized,” or would this affect the story itself? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the origins, history, rituals and beliefs of Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism. When did Hasidic Judaism first spread in Europe? Who led its establishment? Why is this history important to the themes and subject of The Chosen?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the ambitions of Reuven and Danny in Chapter 3. How do these ambitions foreshadow conflict in the novel? Why is it surprising that Danny is interested in psychology?

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