Nemesis Quizzes

Nemesis Quiz One

1 What year does the story begin?

1923.

1944.

1967.

1953.
2 What is the author's name?

Philip Rice.

Robert Roth.

Robert Rice.

Philip Roth.
3 Which ethnic neighborhood sees the first polio case in New Jersey?

Chinese.

Jewish.

Italian.

Pakistani.
4 Where does the story begin?

Brooklyn.

Manhattan.

Newark.

Queens.
5 What is the name of the neighborhood in which the story takes place?

Lower East Side.

Bensonhurst.

New Paltz.

Weequahic.
6 What is the religion of most of the people in Weequahic?

Jewish.

Buddhist.

Catholic.

Muslim.
7 What is the disease that is resurfacing in Weequahic?

Polio.

Syphilis.

AIDS.

Swine flu.
8 Which is NOT a common symptom of polio?

Nausea.

Headache.

Loss of smell.

Paralysis.
9 Which president contracted polio?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Bill Clinton.

Teddy Roosevelt.

William Taft.
10 Newark is surrounded by ___

desert.

lakes.

mountains.

wetlands.
11 Who is the novel's protagonist?

Marcia Steinberg.

Phyllis Steinberg.

Bucky Cantor.

Sheila Steinberg.
12 What is Bucky's birth name?

Frederick.

David.

Eugene.

Asher.
13 What is Bucky's job?

Football coach.

Playground director.

Nurse.

First grade teacher.
14 What is the name of Bucky's school?

Weequahic Middle.

Chancellor Avenue School.

Newark High.

Weequahic High.
15 Who raised Bucky?

His grandparents.

His mother.

His uncle.

His father.
16 What happened to Bucky's mother?

She left.

She died.

She disappeared.

She is imprisoned.
17 What happened to Bucky's father?

He died.

He was imprisoned.

He left.

He was imprisoned, then he left.
18 How did Bucky's mother die?

Childbirth.

Heart attack.

Cancer.

Car accident.
19 What is Bucky's grandfather's name?

Steve.

Saul.

Eugene.

Sam.
20 Bucky has bad __

knees.

feet.

strength.

vision.
21 Why doesn't Bucky serve in the war?

He is emotionally unfit.

He is too short.

His vision is too poor.

He has diabetes.
22 Bucky is embarrassed about his __

younger brother.

older sister.

weight.

height.
23 How many siblings does Bucky have?

One.

Three.

Two.

Zero.
24 Who comes to spit on the playground?

Russians.

Dominicans.

Italians.

Haitians.
25 Following the spitting incident, students begin to contract __.

strep throat.

polio.

the flu.

herpes.

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