The Book of Daniel Quizzes

1. Which historical figures' lives is the novel based upon?

• Richard and Pat Nixon
• Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
• Sacco and Vanzetti
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

2. What year was the novel published?

• 1968
• 1970
• 1971
• 1980

3. What year do the contemporary events of the novel take place?

• 1953
• 1965
• 1967
• 1970

4. What university does Daniel attend?

• Yale
• Harvard
• Columbia
• NYU

5. Who has been institutionalized at the beginning of the novel?

• Phyllis
• Rochelle
• Susan
• Daniel

6. What are Daniel and Phyllis doing in one of their first scenes together that causes Daniel to wonder how the reader might conceive of him?

• Discussing his dissertation
• Having sex
• Arguing
• Shopping

7. What is Susan's famous phrase she utters to Daniel that haunts him throughout the novel?

• "They're still fucking us"
• "Our parents were guilty"
• "It is all your fault"
• "You are dead to me"

8. Which biblical character does Daniel discuss at length?

• Solomon
• David
• Jesus
• Daniel

9. What is Robert Lewin's profession?

• A high school teacher
• A doctor
• A lawyer
• A judge

10. Who is Ascher?

• The family lawyer
• A friend of the family whose testimony is used against the Isaacsons
• Susan's therapist
• A radical