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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intro and Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Poroks and Volodya's family talk about during dinner?
(a) Israel.
(b) Their respective family history.
(c) The Afganistan war.
(d) America.

2. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) After the end of WWII.
(b) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(c) After 1964.
(d) Before 1920.

3. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1975.

4. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?
(a) Speak Hebrew.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Give gifts.
(d) Talk.

5. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 8th century.
(c) 7th century.
(d) 6th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?

2. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

3. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

4. What was Volodya's family concerned with?

5. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

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