Jewish Literature Quiz

Question 1 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 2 of 10

What poem written by American-Jewish poet Emma Lazarus contains the following quote: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore"?

In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport
The New Colossus
The Crowing of the Red Cock
The Banner of the Jew

Question 3 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?

The Jews of Silence
Night
The Accident
The Gates of the Forest

Question 4 of 10

Who is the celebrated classical Yiddish writer known for short stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof?

Rivkah Tiktiner
Mendele Mokher Seforim
Sara Copio Sullam
Primo Levi
Sholem Aleichem

Question 5 of 10

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

Superman
X-Men
Maus
Tarzan

Question 6 of 10

Up until the 1800s, which of these languages was not a widespread language used for writing Jewish fiction?

Russian
German
Yiddish
Polish

Question 7 of 10

What is an example of pre-modern secular Hebrew literature?

Some poems by Samuel HaNagid and Judah HaLevi
Hebrew novels written during and about the crusades
Hebrew sonnets produced in England at the time of Shakespeare
All of these

Question 8 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

Question 9 of 10

In "Bee Season," to what does Eliza Neumann's brother attribute her spelling bee triumphs?

Their parents' exhaustive training.
The fact that they were raised speaking both English and Hebrew.
A supernatural kabbalistic gift.
A combination of all three.
None of the above.

Question 10 of 10

Which writer survived the Holocaust, only to commit suicide years later?

Franz Kafka
Max Brod
I.L. Peretz
Paul Celan
None of the above.

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