Jewish Literature Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Which Jewish literary character said, "Look at me! I'm going everywhere!"

Max from "Where the Wild Things Are"
Jonathan Safran Foer from "Everything Is Illuminated"
Ruth Puttermesser from "The Puttermesser Papers"
Augie March from "The Adventures of Augie Marsh"
Jacob from "All Other Nights"

Question 2 of 10

Who is the main character in Philip Roth's book about a man's unrelenting monologue, delivered to his therapist, about his sexual appetites and adventures?

Nathan Zuckerman
E.I. Lonoff
Bernard Malamud
Alexander Portnoy

Question 3 of 10

What is Franz Kafka's book Metamorphosis about?

Josef K. is arrested and prosecuted for a crime that is not revealed to him, and his innocence seems impossible to prove, despite the lack of evidence
Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up one morning and finds that he has turned into a "monstrous vermin"
A man named K. takes a room in a village while waiting for his appointment at the nearby castle and talks to the local village-people, who are all stuck in the town without an apparent purpose
A teenage boy is sent away by his family to a strange alternate version of the United States where the Statue of Liberty holds a sword in her hand instead of a torch, and a single bridge stretches between New York and Boston
The influence of being raised Jewish in the pre-WWII environment of Prague

Question 4 of 10

Which of these Jewish movements was responsible for the surge in 18th-century Jewish literature?

The Haskalah movement.
The Hasidic movement.
The Reform movement.
The Mussar movement.
None of the above.

Question 5 of 10

Who was Daniel Levi De Barrios?

A descendant of a Marrano family
A Jewish poet
A contributor to Spanish literature
All of these

Question 6 of 10

In Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer is on a quest to the Ukraine to find a woman named Augustine, who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Who is the author?

Saul Bellow
David Bezmozgis
Jonathan Safran Foer
Joan Leegant

Question 7 of 10

Who was Rivkah Tiktiner?

A Holocaust survivor who wrote poems about her wartime experiences
A 16th-century Jewish educator, scholar, and author
An Israeli novelist
A Ladino writer

Question 8 of 10

What is Jewish literature?

Literature written by Jews
Literature written in a Jewish language
Literature with Jewish content
No definition is completely adequate

Question 9 of 10

Which of these comic book characters was NOT created by Jews?

Superman
X-Men
Maus
Tarzan

Question 10 of 10

Milton Steinberg's novel about the life of Elisha ben Abuyah, who interacts with famous sages such as Rabbi Akiba and Rabbi Meir, is called:

As It Was Written
East River
As a Driven Leaf
Differences
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N

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