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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kalman say he cannot do?
(a) Understand Reuven.
(b) Pass Reuven.
(c) Push Reuven away.
(d) Allow Reuven's heretics to influence others.

2. What does Reuven feel towards Kalman?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Respect.

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

4. How do David Malter and Rav Kalman differ academically?
(a) They base their research on different texts.
(b) They use different interpretive methods.
(c) They base their research on the same texts but different editions.
(d) One takes an academic approach and one takes a literal approach.

5. According to David Malter, how do scribal errors influence his interpretation of texts?
(a) The errors are not mentioned by the narrator.
(b) The errors give him the authority to re-interpret words.
(c) They do not have any bearing on how he interprets texts.
(d) They render the texts useless.

6. What languages are difficult for Kalman in reading David Malter's book?
(a) Greek and German.
(b) English and Latin.
(c) Greek and Latin.
(d) English and Greek.

7. What surprises Kalman's Torah class?
(a) Kalman's apology to Greenfield.
(b) Kalman's humility.
(c) Kalman's behavior towards Professor Gordon.
(d) Kalman's announcement about his teacher.

8. For what is Reuven preparing?
(a) To travel to a European Yeshiva.
(b) His smicha examination.
(c) To visit Michael.
(d) Marriage.

9. Where does Reuven go after Kalman's class?
(a) To see Rachel.
(b) To see Michael.
(c) To sail.
(d) To talk to the Rabbi of his synogogue.

10. To whom does Reuven talk about Michael's actions?
(a) Mary and Danny.
(b) Just Danny.
(c) A new psychiatrist at the hospital.
(d) His father.

11. How is Michael's treatment progressing?
(a) It has cured Michael and he is going home.
(b) It is going as planned.
(c) It is not productive as yet.
(d) It has been terminated.

12. From what school is Greenfield earning his Ph.D.?
(a) Stanford.
(b) MIT.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Colombia.

13. What does Rav Kalman ask Reuven?
(a) To help Reuven's father feel better.
(b) To leave seminary.
(c) To talk to Kalman about the tension between the two.
(d) To teach a class on heterodoxy.

14. What is Reuven's father's response to Reuven's meetings with Kalman?
(a) He is grateful.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He does not know about them.
(d) He is frustrated and saddened.

15. What is Abe Greenfield's area of expertise?
(a) Physics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is David Malter offered a position?

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

3. What is Reuven's opinion about the proposed treatment for Michael?

4. What does Michael talk about in the field of astronomy?

5. What does Michael say to a nurse?

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