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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads Reuven to read books by Professor Gordon?
(a) Reuven's father asks him to do so.
(b) Reuven's interest in Rachel Gordon.
(c) Reuven's distaste for Rabbi Kalman.
(d) Reuven's search for meaning.

2. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?
(a) Theology is not necessary in the modern world.
(b) God is a product of the sum of all souls.
(c) Jews can fail to believe but remain observant.
(d) All religions worship the same god.

3. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) The beach.
(d) The Empire State Building.

4. What do Michael and Reuven talk about as far as the clouds go?
(a) If the clouds are solid in another dimension.
(b) What the shapes look like.
(c) Whether they portend a storm.
(d) If they can support angels.

5. Who is Abraham Gordon?
(a) The temple cantor.
(b) A man who escaped from Ravensbrook.
(c) A professor who is hated by the Jewish orthodoxy.
(d) Rachel Gorden's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael say he cannot get out of his head?

2. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?

3. What is one topic of conversation between Reuven and Michael the next day after the fair?

4. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?

5. How does Reuven describe Professor Gordon?

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