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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ruben serve during World War I?
(a) Italy and France.
(b) England and France.
(c) U.S.
(d) France and England.

2. When did Ruben's Uncle Sruly spend time borrowing from Ruben's parents and others to open a store?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) Late 1940s and early 1950s.

3. Where were Ruben's parents from?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ukraine/Russia.

4. Where was the Church of the Assumption located?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Bronx.

5. When Dr. Morse called Ruben to his office during the winter term in 1959, what did he have to drink?
(a) Gin and tonic.
(b) Sloe gin fizz.
(c) Gimlets.
(d) Martinis.

6. In Chapter 4, what were in the back of the store where Sabine bought a substance that leaked on clothes she bought for Judy?
(a) Candies.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Shells and skins of turtles and frogs.
(d) Bird feathers.

7. How long had Rabbi Dr. Chaim Edelman known Dr. Netanyahu off and on?
(a) Over a decade.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 19 years.
(d) Nearly a dozen years.

8. Who did Ruben paraphrase during the opening of some of his classes?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Twain.

9. When did Rabbi Mileikowsky arrive in British-Mandate Palestine?
(a) Around 1920.
(b) Around 1930.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1935.

10. How much money does Peretz Levavi request if Ruben or others want to see additional materials that he has on Netanyahu?
(a) 3 pounds.
(b) 4 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 2 pounds.

11. Through the generosity of donors, how long was Dr. Edelman able to offer Netanyahu a fellowship when he wanted to return to Philadelphia?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 2 years.

12. How many times did Ruben win the Corbin Distinguished Teacher prize?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

13. How many grams did Walt think the towels were that were in the master bedroom at Ruben's house in 1959?
(a) 100 or 150.
(b) 200 or 250.
(c) 300 or 350.
(d) 350 or 400.

14. What did Ruben's students study in 1959 in September?
(a) Civil War.
(b) The Revolution and the Constititution.
(c) Federalism.
(d) Plymouth and English America.

15. What color shade was on the floor lamp in Ruben's study in 1959?
(a) Amber.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Ruben serve as an American historian?

2. Near the construction site for what bridge was Ruben's Uncle Sruly's body found?

3. When was Ruben born?

4. In 1959, what color pen did Ruben begin to use to correct Netanyahu's papers?

5. What was the name of Netanyahu's brother who made a bomb that was thrown when Norman Bentwich was to give a lecture as part of his installation as a professor of political science?

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