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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the villagers of Stillenstadt call Benjamin when he arrived?
(a) An exiled Berliner.
(b) A scapegoat.
(c) The tailor they've been waiting for.
(d) A victim of Slavic persecutions.

2. What is Ilse Bruckner first in at Ernie's school?
(a) German.
(b) Music.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Science.

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) They will not know which was the Just Man.
(c) It shows that their village does not deserve a Just Man.
(d) It proves that Chaim Levy is not a Just Man.

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

5. What does Yankel, the young Galician, tell Benjamin happens to his tongue?
(a) It becomes confused and stumbles.
(b) It speaks velvet words.
(c) It tells only lies.
(d) It cuts someone each time it speaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chaim Levy attract the children of the village where he lives?

2. Who stays behind when the Pimpfe leave Ernie?

3. Who overruns and destroys the Levys' village?

4. What does Ernie do with Ilse that infuriates Hans Schliemann?

5. What is the title of the march of the Pimpfe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drama takes place between Judith and Fraulein Blumenthal as children are born?

2. How does Mordecai answer the question of why the Just Man dies in bed, rather than in martyrdom?

3. Why does Ilse Bruckner have to end her relationship with her friend Ernie?

4. What rationale does Rabbi Yom Tov Levy offer for the mass murder and suicide he instigates?

5. What does Ernie's act of stepping forward to protest the treatment of Frau Tuszynski cause Mordecai to do?

6. What "mysterious" change takes place in Benjamin after Mordecai and Judith join him in Stillenstadt?

7. What does Ernie do to ease the emptiness in his heart after the beating?

8. What solution does Moritz think would relieve the Jews of the danger involved in going to the synagogue.

9. What is the role of the Lamed-Vov, the Just Men?

10. What qualities of character does Brother Beast possess?

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