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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. How does the Just Man designate Benjamin as his heir?
(a) The Just Man kneels before him.
(b) The Just Man kisses his hand.
(c) The Just Man anoints his head.
(d) The Just Man prays for him.

2. 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) What do Just Men do for the world?
(d) Why do Just Men die in their beds?

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

4. What is "Berlin Madness"?
(a) Using sharp words to endure distress.
(b) Forgetting one's homeland.
(c) Rabies.
(d) Public renouncing of one's religion.

5. Who overruns and destroys the Levys' village?
(a) Ukrainians.
(b) Italians.
(c) Cossacks.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rabbi Yom Tov Levy get his people out of the besieged watchtower of York?

2. What does Judith do when a soldier attacks Mordecai?

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

4. What did Jews have to do to save their lives in York in 1185?

5. What mysterious affliction hit Benjamin when Judith and Mordecai came to Stillenstadt?

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