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Exodus Trivia Quiz

Welcome to this quiz about the novel written by Leon Uris.

A multiple-choice quiz by puitpankaj. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
puitpankaj

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,397

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
305

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Question 1 of 10

1. The story starts when an American journalist lands at the Nicosia airport. What was his name? Hint

Tom Fremont

Fred Brown

Michael Smith

Mark Parker

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the place in Cyprus where Jews attempting to reach Palestine were kept in refugee camps by the British? Hint

None of these

Dekhelia

Caraolos

Salonika

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the Polish boy who made forged documents for the escape?

Answer: (First and last names, or just last name)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of Ari Ben Canaan's father at birth? Hint

Ivan Rabinsky

Yakov Rabinsky

Jossi Rabinsky

Simon Rabinsky

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where did Ari Ben Canaan first meet Mark Parker? Hint

Berlin

San Francisco

Z�rich

Jerusalem

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the head of Youth Aliyah( the organization for immigrant children)?

Answer: (First and last name, or just last name)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What happened to Karen Clement's father after he sent her to Denmark? Hint

We are not told about his fate.

He was killed.

His mind snapped due to grief and remorse.

He was deported.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who killed General Haven-Hurst? Hint

Maccabees

Arab nationalists

Haganah

None of these

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Question 9 of 10

9. By what name was Dov Landau called by the terrorist group Maccabees? Hint

Little Dov

Little Moshe

Little Giora

Little Landau

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who spoke the last lines in the novel? Hint

Brigadier Bruce Sutherland

Kitty Fremont

Dov Landau

Ari Ben Canaan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The story starts when an American journalist lands at the Nicosia airport. What was his name?

Answer: Mark Parker

Mark Parker was a journalist from the American News Syndicate. He was Kitty Fremont's childhood friend.

2. What was the name of the place in Cyprus where Jews attempting to reach Palestine were kept in refugee camps by the British?

Answer: Caraolos

The first part of the novel deals with the escape of Jewish refugees from Caraolos, engineered by the Mossad Aliyah Bet (an illegal organization working to smuggle Jews into Palestine).

3. What was the name of the Polish boy who made forged documents for the escape?

Answer: Dov Landau

Dov Landau was a Polish Jew who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was an expert forger and counterfeiter. He loved Karen Clement who was also an inmate at the Caraolos detention camp.

4. What was the name of Ari Ben Canaan's father at birth?

Answer: Jossi Rabinsky

Jossi Rabinsky lived in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in Russia. He took the Hebrew name of Barack Ben Canaan after arriving in Palestine. Yakov Rabinsky was his brother, who later changed his name to Akiva. Simon Rabinsky was their father. Ivan Rabinsky is a made up name.

5. Where did Ari Ben Canaan first meet Mark Parker?

Answer: Berlin

The met in 1939. Mark Parker was on his first ANS post as a foreign correspondent. Ari Ben Canaan was sent there by the Mossad Aliyah Bet to get as many Jews safely out of Germany as possible.

6. Who was the head of Youth Aliyah( the organization for immigrant children)?

Answer: Harriet Saltzman

She was killed in a blast engineered by the British army officer General Haven-Hurst.

7. What happened to Karen Clement's father after he sent her to Denmark?

Answer: His mind snapped due to grief and remorse.

He was tortured by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp. After the war, he learned that his wife and sons were killed. He blamed himself for not having left Germany in time despite his wife's pleas. This suffering and loss made him incurably insane.

8. Who killed General Haven-Hurst?

Answer: Maccabees

The Maccabees killed him in the bed of his Arab mistress. They took revenge for the blast engineered by him which killed several important Jewish leaders.

9. By what name was Dov Landau called by the terrorist group Maccabees?

Answer: Little Giora

Landau became famous within the Maccabees for his bravery. He was caught along with Akiva and sentenced to death by the British, but the Maccabees arranged his and Akiva's escape.

10. Who spoke the last lines in the novel?

Answer: Dov Landau

The book closes with him reciting the four questions of the Passover meal, emphasising the link they feel with their biblical ancestors.

Source: Author puitpankaj

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