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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 1 | Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Rabbi Yom Tov Levy get his people out of the besieged watchtower of York?
(a) He killed them.
(b) He disguised them.
(c) He offered to take their place at the stake.
(d) He dug a tunnel.

2. Why did the Jews refuse to work in Polish factories when the country industrialized?
(a) They preferred honorable starvation to work.
(b) They were too frail.
(c) They thought the factories were devilish.
(d) They could not observe the Sabbath.

3. What occupation does Mordecai Levy take up after harvesting potatoes?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Cook.

4. What is Mordecai's pet name for Judith?
(a) My dove.
(b) My pussycat.
(c) My mare.
(d) My angel.

5. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?
(a) The identifying features of a Just Man in childhood.
(b) The signs by which God made his choice.
(c) The way to treat a Just Man.
(d) The purpose of a Just man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Judith rejoice when she becomes pregnant for the fourth time?

2. When Benjamin's hand bleeds, what do his fellow workers think about their cruelty?

3. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?

4. What does the ancient text say is the role of Israel in the world?

5. What does Yankel, the young Galician, tell Benjamin happens to his tongue?

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