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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 doesn't Judith rejoice when she becomes pregnant for the fourth time?
(a) Her first three babies died in infancy.
(b) She is afraid Mordecai will leave her.
(c) She senses something is wrong with the fetus.
(d) She can't feed more children.

2. What advertisement made Benjamin's tailoring shop a success?
(a) He claimed to make his customers "Gentlemen of Berlin."
(b) He claimed to know the latest styles.
(c) He claimed to charge the lowest prices.
(d) He claimed to make old clothes like new.

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

4. Why is the village upset when Chaim Levy has more than one son?
(a) They cannot care for more than one Just Man.
(b) They will not know which was the Just Man.
(c) It proves that Chaim Levy is not a Just Man.
(d) It shows that their village does not deserve a Just Man.

5. 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?

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?

3. What does the village girl point out to Mordecai Levy?

4. How does Benjamin defend the apostate who returns to Judaism?

5. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?

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