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

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Question 1 of 10
Which of these Jewish movements was responsible for the surge in 18th-century Jewish literature?
Question 2 of 10
Philip Roth's last novel in the Death Trilogy resurrects his literary alter-ego of eight previous novels, Nathan Zuckerman. What is the title of this last book?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these Jewish writers was Polish?
Question 4 of 10
Modern Jewish children's literature first emerged in America less than 100 years ago with what book?
Question 5 of 10
What is the name of Erica Jong's sexually provocative and satirical novel about a Jewish woman from New York?
Question 6 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 7 of 10
Which of these writers is known as the "grandfather of Yiddish literature"?
Question 8 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?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these books features a climactic scene set in New York Harbor as a pair of tefilin bobs up and down in the water?
Question 10 of 10
Who is the author of the Russian-American novel Absurdistan?
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