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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 5 | Chapter 4, The Just Man of the Flies, Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jews have to do to save their lives in York in 1185?
(a) Learn to speak English.
(b) Cut their hair.
(c) Evacuate the synagogue.
(d) Acknowledge the passion of Jesus Christ.

2. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?
(a) What's new with the Jews?
(b) What's new about the war?
(c) What do you hear about the plague?
(d) How is the Inquisition going?

3. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do when he saw the parade of fascists?
(a) He ran away from them and hid.
(b) He fainted from fear.
(c) He ran to join them.
(d) He threw stones at them.

4. Who defends Ernie against the accusations of the grocer's wife?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Judith.
(c) Fraulein Blumenthal.
(d) Mordecai.

5. How does Benjamin believe his success in business has helped his fellow Jews?
(a) He has referred his clients to other Jewish businesses.
(b) He has taught principles of Judaism while fitting clothes.
(c) He has given an example of good business practice.
(d) His popularity has lowered anti-semitism in general.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mordecai determine to teach Ernie while Ernie is still young?

2. What did the villagers of Stillenstadt call Benjamin when he arrived?

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

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

5. How are the letters made familiar to the young child?

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