Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife? (from The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary or It All Goes Downhill After the Wedding, 1941; The Dupe of Chance, 1941-1924; The Thickness of Blood and Drama, 1934; Letter Dated 12 December 1997; What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love)

He thinks it makes Safran sound like an inferior person.

He thinks it is strange.

He wants to be like Safran.

He thinks it makes Safran sound like a superior person.

2.

By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod? (from Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search)

Every man in the shtetl.

Twelve.

None.

Three.

3.

What is everyone in Trachimbrod doing when the Nazis come? (from Illumination; The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary! Or The End of the Moment That Never Ends, 1941; The First Blasts, and Then Love, 1941; The Persnicketiness of Memory, 1941; The Beginning of the World Often Comes, 1942-1791; Letter Dated 22 Januar)

Praying in the synagogue.

Sleeping.

Having a town meeting.

Celebrating Trachimday.

4.

In a vision, Brod sees a boy reading from the Book of Antecedents. What is the title of the section he is reading from? (from Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search)

"Sadness."

"The First Rape of Brod D."

"The dream of living forever with Brod."

"This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."

5.

According to the old woman, what does Trachimbrod look like now? (from The Dial, 1941-1804-1941; Letter Dated 17 November 1997; Falling in Love)

It is crumbling.

It looks like any other field.

It has been rebuilt and doesn't look at all like it did before.

It is empty.

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