SparkNotes: The Chosen: Quiz

1. What does Reuven’s father want his son to become?

(A) A doctor

(B) A rabbi

(C) A mathematics professor

(D) A Hasid

2. Which of the following characters is not hospitalized at some point in the novel?

(A) Levi Saunders

(B) Reb Saunders

(C) Reuven Malter

(D) David Malter

3. Which of the following characters strongly supports the creation of the state of Israel?

(A) Reb Saunders

(B) David Malter

(C) Levi Saunders

(D) Mr. Galanter

4. Which of the following historical events takes place during the novel?

(A) End of World War II

(B) End of World War I

(C) Yom Kippur War

(D) Vietnam War

5. Who cooks meals for Reuven when he is at home?

(A) His mother

(B) His father

(C) Manya

(D) Mrs. Carpenter

6. What position does Reuven play most of the time on his softball team?

(A) First base

(B) Second base

(C) Third base

(D) Pitcher

7. Where does Danny go to graduate school?

(A) Harvard University

(B) Yeshiva University

(C) Columbia University

(D) University of California, Berkeley

8. Who recommends books to Danny in the library?

(A) David Malter

(B) Rav Gershenson

(C) Professor Appleman

(D) Mr. Merrit

9. What is Danny’s critique of his psychology classes at Hirsch College?

(A) The material is too easy

(B) The material contradicts his religious beliefs

(C) The content is too scientific

(D) The classes make him feel inadequate

10. Why is Reb Saunders opposed to the creation of the state of Israel?

(A) He believes that Jews should wait until the Messiah arrives

(B) He thinks that Israel should be founded in South Africa instead

(C) He supports the Arabs who are against the creation of a Jewish homeland

(D) He does not believe that Jews need a homeland

11. Which of the following boys plays baseball on Danny’s team?

(A) Davey Cantor

(B) Sidney Goldberg

(C) Schwartzie

(D) Dov Shlomowitz

12. How did Billy lose his eyesight?

(A) He was born blind

(B) In a car accident

(C) In a fire

(D) During an operation

13. Who is considered the founder of Hasidism?

(A) Reb Saunders

(B) The Ba’al Shem Tov

(C) Solomon Maimon

(D) Rabbi Abraham Gershon

14. Why does Reb Saunders raise Danny in silence?

(A) He wants Danny to have a compassionate soul

(B) He wants to make his own father proud

(C) He thinks that silence will make his son a better psychologist

(D) He feels that silence will make Danny focus on intellectual pursuits

15. Which of the following is true of Danny at the end of the novel?

(A) He shaves his beard

(B) He stops keeping kosher

(C) He publicly insults his father

(D) He goes to Israel

16. What is the term for a person who opposes Hasidism?

(A) Mitnagdim

(B) Tzitzit

(C) Yeshiva

(D) Gematriya

17. Why must Danny listen closely to his father’s Sabbath speeches?

(A) He is required to commit them to memory

(B) He is not allowed to take notes because it is the Sabbath

(C) He must be able to explain the speech to Reuven

(D) His father will quiz him on the speech afterward

18. Reuven excels in which of the following subjects?

(A) Logic and mathematics

(B) History and philosophy

(C) English and grammar

(D) Chemistry and physics

19. What language does Reb Saunders speak in conversation?

(A) German

(B) Hebrew

(C) Yiddish

(D) English

20. Where do Reuven and his father vacation in August?

(A) On the beach

(B) In a resort town

(C) In a country cottage

(D) In a private country club

21. When does Danny’s father acknowledge that his son will not take his place as head of the dynasty?

(A) During Hanukkah

(B) During Passover

(C) One Shabbat afternoon

(D) On the day of Danny’s graduation from college

22. Which of the following Saunders family events does Reuven attend?

(A) Levi’s Bar Mitzvah

(B) Danny’s cousin’s wedding

(C) Danny’s grandfather’s funeral

(D) Danny’s sister’s Bat Mitzvah

23. Which of the following subjects is Danny unable toteach himself?

(A) German

(B) Freud

(C) Talmud

(D) Symbolic logic

24. Reuven expresses a romantic interest in which of the following women?

(A) Manya

(B) Danny’s sister

(C) Danny’s cousin

(D) Rav Gershenson’s daughter

25. Which of the following terms does not apply to Reb Saunders?

(A) Spiritual leader

(B) Tzaddik

(C) Hasid

(D) Zionist