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The Chosen Quiz 1

  • 1. Which of the following is not a major concern of this novel?
    •     Intellectual study
    •     Assimilation
    •     Friendship
    •     Death

  • 2. What is the best approximation of the word 'tzaddik' used in the novel?
    •     leader
    •     tyrant
    •     secular Jew
    •     Orthodox Jew

  • 3. Which of the following does not illustrate the divide between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews?
    •     the ban on Reuven Malter
    •     the segregation of the neighborhood
    •     the baseball game
    •     the conflict over Palestine

  • 4. Which of the following characters could not be considered an apikorsim?
    •     Reuven Malter
    •     Danny Saunders
    •     David Malter
    •     Reb Saunders

  • 5. What does Mr. Savo think Reuven will be when he grows up?
    •     doctor
    •     priest
    •     rabbi
    •     baseball player

  • 6. According to Reuven, why does Danny think that he is an apikorsim?
    •     He does not play softball in traditional dress.
    •     He goes to a school that teaches more secular subjects.
    •     His father is an outspoken advocate of Darwinism.
    •     His father is a Zionist.

  • 7. Which of the following characters is not a patient in the hospital?
    •     Mickey
    •     Levi
    •     Billy
    •     Tony Savo

  • 8. What is the significance of the name "Robert" at the hospital?
    •     Robert is a young boy who has been in the hospital all his life.
    •     The other patients decide to call Reuven this name without his permission.
    •     Reuven calls himself this because Mr. Savo has trouble pronouncing his name.
    •     The doctors call Reuven this because they cannot bother learning a name that is not conventionally American.

  • 9. According to Danny, why did he have to win the game?
    •     he was jealous of the other team
    •     God demanded it
    •     his father demanded it
    •     his team needed the win

  • 10. According to David Malter, why should Reuven and Danny become friends?
    •     The two have a common interest in psychology.
    •     David Malter knows that Danny needs non-Hasidic friends.
    •     Reuven needs someone to counter the influence of Reb Saunders.
    •     The Talmud instructs that one should find a teacher and a friend.

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