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When I ask you to name a novel by Leon Uris, the odds are you will respond 'Exodus', the international best-seller which was turned into a 1960 movie starring Paul Newman. That is only the start of his work, mostly historical fiction.
4 Leon Uris quizzes and 40 Leon Uris trivia questions.
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  Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For half a century Leon Uris' historical fiction has taken readers from the bloody island of Guadalcanal to the green hills of Ireland, and from war-ravaged Europe to the plains of the Sinai. Several of his bestsellers became Hollywood movies.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Aug 23 09
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  "Exodus" 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the great book " Exodus" by Leon Uris. It is about the Jews after World War II and their fight to make Palestine a nation. Intertwined are several love stories. There were no quizzes on this great book so I decided to make one.
Average, 10 Qns, operadancer24, Apr 01 20
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  Exodus    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to this quiz about the novel written by Leon Uris.
Difficult, 10 Qns, puitpankaj, Dec 21 17
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  "Exodus" 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi. Me again. This quiz is (hopefully) an easier "Exodus" quiz than my last one. I hope you enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, operadancer24, Jul 06 08
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the last name of Karen's adopted family?

From Quiz ""Exodus" 1"




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Leon Uris Trivia Questions
1. What was the main theme of "A God in Ruins"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: U.S. presidential election

This 1999 novel tracks the lives of two men on a collision course with the presidency of the United States at stake. Incumbent President Thornton Tomtree, a billionaire "Bill Gates-type" techno-genius, is challenged by the liberal Colorado Governor Quinn Patrick O'Connell, a former U.S. Marine hero who wants to repeal the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution in order to promote gun control.

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

From Quiz Exodus

Answer: Mark Parker

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

3. What is Kitty Fremont's real name?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: Katherine

Sandra is Kitty's daughter that dies from polio. Karen is the girl that reminds Kitty of Sandra, even though Karen is a teenager and Sandra was two months old when she died. To my knowledge, there was no one in the book named Carla.

4. How many children were originally going to be aboard the "Exodus"? (The number was later changed.)

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: 300

It was later changed to 302 when Dov said he would not work unless he and Karen were allowed to sail on the ship.

5. Where were "The Angry Hills"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: Greece

More a thriller than an historical novel, this 1955 work of fiction is the story of American journalist Mike Morrison who was caught up in Greece during the 1941 Nazi blitzkrieg during World War II. As the Allied army retreats he becomes the object of an intense Gestapo manhunt while attempting to smuggle vital espionage papers out of the country. Actor Robert Mitchum portrayed Morrison in a 1959 film.

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

From Quiz Exodus

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).

7. Who is Ari Ben Canaan's Father?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: Barak

All the others are people that Ari works with in the Mossad Aliyah Bet.

8. What was the name of Kitty Fremont's daughter who died of polio?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: Sandra

I believe she was only two months old when she died of polio.

9. What city was the setting for "Armageddon"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: Berlin

"Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin" is a 1963 book about post-World War II Germany, with an emphasis on the capital city of the Nazi Third Reich. Uris spins a colorful story that takes the reader from the beginning of the Cold War amidst the bomb-ravaged ruble of Berlin to the Allied airlift that saved the divided city.

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

From Quiz Exodus

Answer: Dov Landau & 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.

11. What color was Jordana's hair?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: red

She takes after her father Barak, who also had red hair.

12. What concentration camp was Dov Landau sent to?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: Auschwitz

Dov was sent to Auschwitz. La Ciotat was the displaced persons' camp in Marseilles, France, that Karen ended up in when she was searching for her family.

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

From Quiz Exodus

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.

14. What was the name of the ship that Karen and Dov were on first, that got them landed on Cyprus?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: Star of David

Captain Bill Fry piloted the Star of David. "Door of Hope" and Promised Land" are both blockade runners, and I just made up "Zion's Glory".

15. What skill(s) did Dov know that saved his life in the concentration camp?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: Counterfeiting and forgery

Dov learned skills of counterfeiting and forgery in the Warsaw ghetto. His sister was a forger and taught Dov, and Dov was soon the best forger in the ghetto. His main work was travel papers and passports for smuggling Jews out of the ghetto.

16. Where is "Mitla Pass"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: Sinai

In Uris' novel of 1988, a bestselling author and Hollywood screenwriter goes to Israel with his family to research a novel. Unfortunately, it is 1956 and while the writer is becoming involved in a torrid love affair with a beautiful Israeli woman, the Sinai War breaks out. The writer ultimately requests permission to accompany a group of Israeli paratroopers on a dangerous secret mission to take a strategic pass.

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

From Quiz Exodus

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.

18. What is Jordana's beloved's name?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: David

His name is David Ben Ammi. Ari is her brother. Dov falls in love with Karen, and Zev works with Ari and David in the Mossad Aliyah Bet.

19. What war was the setting for "Battle Cry"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: World War II

Leon Uris' first major novel, 1953's "Battle Cry" was semi-autobiographical, based the author's personal experiences as a member of the United States Marines 6th Regiment in the Pacific theater during World War II. In was made into a motion picture of the same name in 1955 starring Van Heflin and Aldo Ray.

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

From Quiz Exodus

Answer: Harriet Saltzman & Saltzman

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

21. What does David call the plan to get the children off Cyprus and into Palestine?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: Operation Gideon

He named it that because there were so many similarites between their operation and Gideon's.

22. What is the name of the terrorist group that Dov joins in Palestine?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: The Maccabees

The Palmach is the group that teenagers join in Palestine. It trains them, even the girls, to defend Israel. The Mossad Aliyah Bet is the organization that Ari, David, and Zev work for. It helps Jewish refugees flee the country for safer lands.

23. What was the intended destination of the refugees in "Exodus"?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: Palestine

During the post-World War II struggle to establish a Jewish state, Uris' unforgettable protagonist Ari Ben Canaan plots to transport holocaust survivors from a British detention camp in Cyprus to Palestine. Published in 1958, "Exodus" became the largest bestseller since "Gone With the Wind" and a 1960 Otto Preminger film starring Paul Newman as Ari.

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

From Quiz Exodus

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.

25. What was Kitty's husband's name?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: Tom Fremont

Tom was a soldier, who was killed in battle. Mark Parker was Kitty's friend who was a reporter. And, even if you've only read the book once, you know who David and Ari are.

26. What is the last name of Karen's adopted family?

From Quiz "Exodus" 1

Answer: Hansen

Clement is her biological parent's last name, so she calls herself Karen Hansen Clement.

27. To what does "QB VII" refer?

From Quiz Rblayer's 10 Favorite Leon Uris Novels

Answer: Courtroom

This 1970 Uris work is played out in a London courtroom designated Queens Bench Number 7. A renowned and knighted former concentration camp physician sues a Hollywood screenwriter for defamation in a book that accuses him of Nazi collaboration and of performing medical experiments on Jewish prisoners. It became a 1974 made-for-television movie starring Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron and Lee Remick.

28. Who killed General Haven-Hurst?

From Quiz Exodus

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.

29. What kind of pet did Karen have in Germany?

From Quiz "Exodus" 2

Answer: dog

His name was Maximillian. Later, when the Hansens bought her another puppy, she named it Maximillian also.

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