The Chosen Quizzes

The Chosen Quiz 1

1 Which of the following is not a major concern of this novel?
Assimilation

Intellectual study

Death

Friendship
2 What is the best approximation of the word 'tzaddik' used in the novel?
Orthodox Jew

tyrant

secular Jew

leader
3 Which of the following does not illustrate the divide between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews?
the conflict over Palestine

the ban on Reuven Malter

the baseball game

the segregation of the neighborhood
4 Which of the following characters could not be considered an apikorsim?
Danny Saunders

Reuven Malter

Reb Saunders

David Malter
5 What does Mr. Savo think Reuven will be when he grows up?
baseball player

rabbi

doctor

priest
6 According to Reuven, why does Danny think that he is an apikorsim?
He goes to a school that teaches more secular subjects.

His father is a Zionist.

He does not play softball in traditional dress.

His father is an outspoken advocate of Darwinism.
7 Which of the following characters is not a patient in the hospital?
Billy

Tony Savo

Levi

Mickey
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.

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.

The other patients decide to call Reuven this name without his permission.
9 According to Danny, why did he have to win the game?
his team needed the win

God demanded it

he was jealous of the other team

his father demanded it
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.

The Talmud instructs that one should find a teacher and a friend.

Reuven needs someone to counter the influence of Reb Saunders.
11 How does Danny Saunders first learn about David Malter?
Reb Saunders has warned Danny about David.

David Malter is Danny's psychology teacher.

He meets David Malter at the hospital.

David Malter advises Danny on books he should read.
12 Which of the following is not true about Reb Saunders?
He is from Southern Russia.

He changed his name from Senders to Saunders to disguise his identity.

He fled to America during the Bolshevik revolution.

His family was executed by Cossacks.
13 How does Reuven react to Reb Saunders' questions about gematriya?
He points out a mistake that Reb Saunders had made.

He admits that he does not know gematriya, enraging Reb Saunders.

He tells him that gematriya is pointless numerology.

He barely responds because Reb Saunders intimidates him.
14 What does Reb Saunders admit to Reuven?
He admits that is not always able to talk to his son.

He admits that his treatment of his son looks poor to others, but it is for his benefit.

He admits that he knows Danny will not follow in his footsteps.

He admits that the gematriya was fixed.
15 According to Graetz, what are the tzaddik?
the most significant problem that Jews have ever faced

followers of Baal

the only true Jews

the Jews responsible for carrying the religion through centuries of persecution
16 Why does Danny believe that he has difficulty with Freud?
He cannot understand the dialect of German that Freud uses.

Freud approaches his subject from a secular viewpoint.

He is reading Freud, rather than studying him.

Freud deals with issues that Danny has never had to face.
17 "How the world drinks our blood, how the world makes us suffer." To what does this quote refer?
The Bolshevik revolution

The revelation that Danny is reading Freud.

Terrorism in Palestine

The Holocaust
18 From what affliction does David Malter suffer?
heart disease

cancer

cerebral hemorrhage

kidney failure
19 Which person's death makes Reuven feel that he has lost his own father?
Tony Savo

Mr. Galanter

Professor Gershenson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
20 When is the only time that Danny and his father speak?
When Reb Saunders can lecture Danny.

When Reb Saunders quizzes Danny.

When Danny is studying the Talmud.

When the two are alone together.
21 Which graduate school does Danny Saunders attend?
Hirsch

Berkeley

Harvard

Columbia
22 Which best describes Reb Saunders' attitude toward Reuven Malter?
He attempts to deny the possibility that Reuven might 'corrupt' Danny.

He uses Reuven as a way to communicate with his son.

He has complete contempt for Reuven for his Zionist views.

He ignores Reuven because he is not a Hasidic Jew.
23 Which of the following characters is not matched with the correct physical affliction?
Tony Savo - brain cancer

David Malter - heart disease

Levi Saunders - a blood disorder

Danny Saunders - poor vision
24 Reb Saunders is not raising his son the correct way, but has the right to make these decisions for himself. Which character is most likely to espouse this view?
Danny Saunders

Reuven Malter

Professor Appleman

David Malter
25 Zionism is an affront to Judaism and a contaminated idea. Which character is most likely to believe this?
Reb Saunders

David Malter

Reuven Malter

Danny Saunders