The Chosen Quizzes

The Chosen Quiz 1

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

Assimilation

Intellectual study

Death
2 What is the best approximation of the word 'tzaddik' used in the novel?
tyrant

leader

Orthodox Jew

secular Jew
3 Which of the following does not illustrate the divide between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews?
the segregation of the neighborhood

the baseball game

the conflict over Palestine

the ban on Reuven Malter
4 Which of the following characters could not be considered an apikorsim?
Danny Saunders

David Malter

Reb Saunders

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

rabbi

baseball player

priest
6 According to Reuven, why does Danny think that he is an apikorsim?
His father is an outspoken advocate of Darwinism.

He goes to a school that teaches more secular subjects.

His father is a Zionist.

He does not play softball in traditional dress.
7 Which of the following characters is not a patient in the hospital?
Mickey

Levi

Tony Savo

Billy
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.

The doctors call Reuven this because they cannot bother learning a name that is not conventionally American.

Reuven calls himself this because Mr. Savo has trouble pronouncing his name.
9 According to Danny, why did he have to win the game?
his father demanded it

he was jealous of the other team

God 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.

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

Reuven needs someone to counter the influence of Reb Saunders.

David Malter knows that Danny needs non-Hasidic friends.
11 How does Danny Saunders first learn about David Malter?
David Malter is Danny's psychology teacher.

David Malter advises Danny on books he should read.

He meets David Malter at the hospital.

Reb Saunders has warned Danny about David.
12 Which of the following is not true about Reb Saunders?
He fled to America during the Bolshevik revolution.

He is from Southern Russia.

His family was executed by Cossacks.

He changed his name from Senders to Saunders to disguise his identity.
13 How does Reuven react to Reb Saunders' questions about gematriya?
He admits that he does not know gematriya, enraging Reb Saunders.

He barely responds because Reb Saunders intimidates him.

He points out a mistake that Reb Saunders had made.

He tells him that gematriya is pointless numerology.
14 What does Reb Saunders admit to Reuven?
He admits that is not always able to talk to his son.

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

He admits that the gematriya was fixed.

He admits that his treatment of his son looks poor to others, but it is for his benefit.
15 According to Graetz, what are the tzaddik?
the only true Jews

the Jews responsible for carrying the religion through centuries of persecution

the most significant problem that Jews have ever faced

followers of Baal
16 Why does Danny believe that he has difficulty with Freud?
Freud approaches his subject from a secular viewpoint.

He is reading Freud, rather than studying him.

He cannot understand the dialect of German that Freud uses.

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 revelation that Danny is reading Freud.

The Bolshevik revolution

Terrorism in Palestine

The Holocaust
18 From what affliction does David Malter suffer?
cancer

heart disease

kidney failure

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

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Professor Gershenson

Mr. Galanter
20 When is the only time that Danny and his father speak?
When Reb Saunders quizzes Danny.

When Reb Saunders can lecture Danny.

When the two are alone together.

When Danny is studying the Talmud.
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?
David Malter - heart disease

Levi Saunders - a blood disorder

Danny Saunders - poor vision

Tony Savo - brain cancer
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?
Reuven Malter

David Malter

Professor Appleman

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

David Malter

Danny Saunders

Reuven Malter