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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Michael talk about?
(a) Danny.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Professor Gordon.
(d) Reuven.

2. What does Rav Kalman ask during Reuven's oral exams?
(a) To explain David's book.
(b) To show the relation between two Jewish sects.
(c) A question that is not supposed to be asked.
(d) He refuses to ask Reuven a question.

3. What does Kalman think Reuven wavers between?
(a) The physical and spiritual worlds.
(b) Orthodoxy and heterodoxy.
(c) Zeal and apathy.
(d) Hot and cold.

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

5. Against what does Kalman fight?
(a) The inclusion of Reuven in the group of examinees.
(b) The exclusion of Reuven in the group of examinees.
(c) Allowing Professor Gordon to guest lecture at his school.
(d) The formation of a rabbinics department.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kalman claim unravels and destroys the Talmud's authority?

2. What surprises Reuven's father?

3. From what school is Greenfield earning his Ph.D.?

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

5. Why is Rav Kalman's orthodoxy so entrenched?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the altercation between Kalman and Greenfield.

2. What do Reuven and Gordon discuss when they meet in this chapter?

3. How is David Malter's recent book release still affecting the community?

4. What small breakthrough happens with Michael, and what does his mother want?

5. What does Kalman say to Reuven about his smicha exam?

6. What does Kalman think about Reuven as his student?

7. What is Michael's recent disturbing behavior and what precipitated Michael's actions?

8. What does Michael say about Rav Kalman's article?

9. What does Reuven think about the reason for orthodox Jews to become so stubborn?

10. What is the difference in scholarly approaches between Kalman and Reuven's father.

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