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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, the Just Man of the Flies, Part 1 | Chapter 4, The Just Man of the Flies, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mysterious affliction hit Benjamin when Judith and Mordecai came to Stillenstadt?
(a) A silence.
(b) A mental confusion.
(c) A headache.
(d) A fever.

2. What did the Jewish elders find worst about World War I?
(a) Jews might be exempt from fighting.
(b) Jews might kill each other.
(c) Jews might be barred from Israel.
(d) Jews might be killed by Christians.

3. What does Jacob do to avoid being recognized as a Jew on the way to the synagogue?
(a) He takes off his cap.
(b) He wears casual clothes.
(c) He takes off his cloak.
(d) He stops talking.

4. When Benjamin's hand bleeds, what do his fellow workers think about their cruelty?
(a) They have become impervious to pain.
(b) They have become like Germans.
(c) They have gone beyond forgiveness.
(d) They have literally pierced him with unkindness.

5. What does Benjamin call his wife?
(a) Fraulein Blumenthal.
(b) Dearly beloved.
(c) My dove.
(d) Little darling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moritz recommend to avoid persecution?

2. How does the Just Man designate Benjamin as his heir?

3. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?

4. What occupation does Mordecai Levy take up after harvesting potatoes?

5. What does Mordecai Levy have to do to keep his potato harvesting job?

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