Books stored in the attic of a synagogue in Riga, Latvia, 1991. (Zion Ozeri/Jewish Lens)

Jewish Literature Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish literature?

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From legends in the Bible and Talmud, to the American masters Bellow and Roth, storytelling has been an integral part of Jewish life.

Question 1 of 10
Which book came out in 1960, around the time of Adolf Eichmann's arrest in Argentina, and eventually became the most frequently read story to emerge from the Holocaust?
Question 2 of 10
Who is the celebrated classical Yiddish writer known for short stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof?
Question 3 of 10
Which is NOT a major category of Ladino literature?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these Jewish writers was Polish?
Question 5 of 10
What is Franz Kafka's book Metamorphosis about?
Question 6 of 10
Who was Rivkah Tiktiner?
Question 7 of 10
What is an example of pre-modern secular Hebrew literature?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: Saul Bellow grew up speaking Yiddish in an Orthodox Jewish home, but he never locates his characters in this culture.
Question 9 of 10
Which of these Hebrew writers came first?
Question 10 of 10
Saul Bellow is the only author who has ever won the National Book Award three times. For which three books did he win?
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