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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. Why does Kalman ask Reuven to stay after class?
(a) To ask Reuven about Reuven father's book.
(b) To give him an extra assignment.
(c) To tell him he is recommending expulsion from the seminary.
(d) To ask him to do some research for Kalman.

2. What does Reuven feel caught between in the religious community?
(a) Men who desire power.
(b) He does not feel caught between anything.
(c) Tradition and innovation.
(d) Men who are ambitious.

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

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

5. What does Kalman say to Reuven in class?
(a) He acts as though nothing is different.
(b) He apologizes for his article about Reuven's father's book.
(c) Only what is relevant to the daily lesson.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danny tell Reuven about Kalman?

2. What is the setting at the opening to Chapter 8?

3. How do David Malter and Rav Kalman differ academically?

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

5. Against what does Kalman fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Danny give Michael and what does Michael say about it to Reuven?

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

3. What does Reb Saunders tell Reuven and what does Reuven do?

4. About what is Reuven's father happy?

5. What do Reuven and Professor Gordon discuss when Reuven visits him?

6. What does Danny think about isolation and what does Danny want Reuven to do?

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

8. What is the impact of David Malter's book and Kalman's ensuing article on the Yeshiva where David teaches?

9. Describe Abe Greenfield and his problem at opening of Chapter 8.

10. What explanation does Kalman offer for his attack on Greenfield the day before in class?

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