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'The Chosen' Trivia Quiz

Here is a quiz on Chaim Potok's 'The Chosen.' Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by EvilGenius. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
EvilGenius

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,399

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
4 / 5

Plays
516

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 5

1. How did Reuven and Danny first meet? Hint

Via Danny's sister

At a school play

Playing on opposite teams at a baseball game

They go to the same synagogue

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Question 2 of 5

2. Why did Reb Saunders not allow Danny to speak to Reuven? Hint

Reuven was dating Danny's sister

Reuven was not a Hasid

Danny had mouthed off to him

Reuven's father was an advocate of the Zionist movement

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Question 3 of 5

3. By what method was Danny raised by his father? Hint

With lots of spankings

With silence

With love

Danny's father was dead

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Question 4 of 5

4. What is Reuven studying to become? Hint

A doctor

A mathematician

A psychologist

A rabbi

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Question 5 of 5

5. What is Danny 'supposed' to be when he grows up? Hint

A businessman

A psychoanalyst

His neighborhood's tzaddik

A teacher

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How did Reuven and Danny first meet?

Answer: Playing on opposite teams at a baseball game

Reuven's Orthodox yeshiva was playing against Danny's Hasidic one. Reuven was pitching and Danny hit a low fast one at Reuven and it hit him in the eye and put him in the hospital for a week.

2. Why did Reb Saunders not allow Danny to speak to Reuven?

Answer: Reuven's father was an advocate of the Zionist movement

Hasidic Jews are against the idea of rebuilding Israel until the Messiah comes.

3. By what method was Danny raised by his father?

Answer: With silence

The Talmud says that 'a word is worth one coin, silence is worth two.'

4. What is Reuven studying to become?

Answer: A rabbi

He originally wanted to be a mathematician, but decided to get behind the pulpit instead.

5. What is Danny 'supposed' to be when he grows up?

Answer: His neighborhood's tzaddik

It's an inherited position, and since Danny's father was a tzaddik, Danny was supposed to become one too.

Source: Author EvilGenius

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