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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the handyman who worked in the apartment building where Sabine and Walt lived?

2. What was the Netanyahu name before it was Hebraicized?

3. Where was the Church of the Assumption located?

4. When did Ruben win the American Historical Association Historian of the Year award?

5. Where did Ruben's wife work in 1959?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the first person to send a letter of recommendation for Netanyahu?

2. What happened to Ruben's uncle Sruly?

3. How did Ruben serve in World War II?

4. How does Ruben describe Dr. George Morse?

5. Why did Ruben's parents refuse to come to Rosh Hashanah in 1959?

6. What was the difference between Ruben and Edith's families?

7. How did Ruben get involved in taxation studies?

8. Who wrote Ruben a letter in Chapter 5 and why?

9. What did Levavi say about the scholar-sage and how did that relate to his opinion of Netanyahu?

10. Who is the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peretz Levavi believes that there are some men who should not teach. What type of men does Levavi believe should not teach? Why is Netanyahu the type of man who should not teach?

Essay Topic 2

Ruben noticed a difference in how history was taught in the public school and the Hebrew school he attended when he was a child. What was the difference between how history was taught in the schools Ruben attended as a boy? How did that dichotomy lead Ruben to the academic study of history?

Essay Topic 3

Accumulation is a literary device that takes scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually builds on the information to provide readers what they need to know. How does Cohen use accumulation to reveal and develop Netanyahu’s character?

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