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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapter Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Danny to visit?
(a) Rav Kalman.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Professor Mink.
(d) Abraham Gordon.

2. What does Kalman claim unravels and destroys the Talmud's authority?
(a) Any scholar's insistence on breaking from traditional methods of interpretation.
(b) No having a definitive authority since WWII.
(c) The Jews having had so much previous Talmudic work destroyed during WWII.
(d) David Malter's claims that there are errors in the transcriptions of the Talmud.

3. Who is Abe Greenfield?
(a) A student in Reuven's class at seminary.
(b) The young man Rachel is dating.
(c) Danny's cousin.
(d) A friend with whom Reuven is sailing.

4. What type of an emergency has Danny had in this chapter that tires him?
(a) His father dies.
(b) The hospital where Daniel works catches fire.
(c) His house catches fire.
(d) An emergency with a schizophrenic boy.

5. What is the setting at the opening to Chapter 8?
(a) The Frankel library.
(b) Rav Kalman's Torah class.
(c) A sailboat on the East River.
(d) Professor Gordon's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been upset by Rav Kalman's article on David Malter's book?

2. About what does Professor Gordon ask Reuben?

3. Why is Abe Greenfield unprepared for class?

4. How many typographical errors does Reuven's father find in his new book?

5. For what purpose does Professor Gordon want Reuven to bring his friend Daniel Saunders to the Gordon home?

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