Jewish Literature Quiz

Question 1 of 10

Which of these Hebrew writers came first?

Rahel the poetess
Mendele Mokher Seforim
A.B. Yehoshua
Yehuda Amichai

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

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 5 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 6 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 7 of 10

Modern Jewish children's literature first emerged in America less than 100 years ago with what book?

The Adventures of K'tonton, by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
Molly's Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen
Sydney Taylor's five All-of-a-Kind Family books
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

Question 8 of 10

Which of these is NOT an American Jewish poet?

Samuel Menashe
Emma Lazarus
Paul Celan
Allen Ginsberg

Question 9 of 10

Which of these writers is known as the "grandfather of Yiddish literature"?

Mendele Mokher Sefforim
S.Y. Agnon
Franz Kafka
Grace Aguilar
I.B. Singer

Question 10 of 10

What subjects did Russian-born Hebrew poets Hayim Nahman Bialik and Saul Tchernichovsky write about in the late 1800s?

The land of Israel
Love
Zionism
Faith
All of the above

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