The Chosen Quizzes

The Chosen Quiz 1

By Jeremy Ross · Last reviewed August 23, 2000

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

Assimilation

Friendship

Intellectual study

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

tyrant

secular Jew

Orthodox Jew

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

the segregation of the neighborhood

the ban on Reuven Malter

the conflict over Palestine

the baseball game
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?

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?

Levi

Tony Savo

Mickey

Billy
8 What is the significance of the name "Robert" at the hospital?

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.

Robert is a young boy who has been in the hospital all his life.
9 According to Danny, why did he have to win the game?

his father demanded it

God demanded it

his team needed the win

he was jealous of the other team
10 According to David Malter, why should Reuven and Danny become friends?

Reuven needs someone to counter the influence of Reb Saunders.

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

David Malter knows that Danny needs non-Hasidic friends.

The two have a common interest in psychology.
11 How does Danny Saunders first learn about David Malter?

David Malter advises Danny on books he should read.

He meets David Malter at the hospital.

Reb Saunders has warned Danny about David.

David Malter is Danny's psychology teacher.
12 Which of the following is not true about Reb Saunders?

His family was executed by Cossacks.

He fled to America during the Bolshevik revolution.

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

He is from Southern Russia.
13 How does Reuven react to Reb Saunders' questions about gematriya?

He points out a mistake that Reb Saunders had made.

He tells him that gematriya is pointless numerology.

He barely responds because Reb Saunders intimidates him.

He admits that he does not know gematriya, enraging Reb Saunders.
14 What does Reb Saunders admit to Reuven?

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

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

He admits that is not always able to talk to his son.

He admits that the gematriya was fixed.
15 According to Graetz, what are the tzaddik?

followers of Baal

the Jews responsible for carrying the religion through centuries of persecution

the only true Jews

the most significant problem that Jews have ever faced
16 Why does Danny believe that he has difficulty with Freud?

Freud approaches his subject from a secular viewpoint.

He cannot understand the dialect of German that Freud uses.

Freud deals with issues that Danny has never had to face.

He is reading Freud, rather than studying him.
17 "How the world drinks our blood, how the world makes us suffer." To what does this quote refer?

The Bolshevik revolution

The Holocaust

Terrorism in Palestine

The revelation that Danny is reading Freud.
18 From what affliction does David Malter suffer?

cancer

kidney failure

heart disease

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

Professor Gershenson

Mr. Galanter

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Tony Savo
20 When is the only time that Danny and his father speak?

When the two are alone together.

When Reb Saunders can lecture Danny.

When Reb Saunders quizzes Danny.

When Danny is studying the Talmud.
21 Which graduate school does Danny Saunders attend?

Harvard

Columbia

Hirsch

Berkeley
22 Which best describes Reb Saunders' attitude toward Reuven Malter?

He attempts to deny the possibility that Reuven might 'corrupt' Danny.

He has complete contempt for Reuven for his Zionist views.

He ignores Reuven because he is not a Hasidic Jew.

He uses Reuven as a way to communicate with his son.
23 Which of the following characters is not matched with the correct physical affliction?

Levi Saunders - a blood disorder

Tony Savo - brain cancer

David Malter - heart disease

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?

Reuven Malter

Professor Appleman

Danny Saunders

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

David Malter

Reb Saunders

Danny Saunders

Reuven Malter

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