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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 5 | Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?
(a) He is illiterate, and he loves no one.
(b) He is illiterate and cannot speak.
(c) He is illiterate, and he's cruel to people.
(d) He is illiterate and loves plants and animals more than people.

3. What does Mordecai want to rejuvenate his life after he can't work?
(a) The ancient scrolls.
(b) Peace and quiet.
(c) Grandchildren.
(d) A chance to converse with other elders.

4. What question does Judith raise that Mordecai cannot answer?
(a) What sin have they committed?
(b) Why does God require the existence of Just Men?
(c) Why do Just Men die in their beds?
(d) What do Just Men do for the world?

5. What does Judith do when a soldier attacks Mordecai?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She kills him.
(c) She faints.
(d) She offers herself in his place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith unwillingly consent to do for Mordecai?

2. What did Judith call Benjamin's affliction when they arrived at Stillenstadt?

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

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

5. Why does Mordecai say their hearts are not entirely Jewish?

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