The My Name is Asher Lev quiz: 13 questions by I used to read but now I don't It's bad I know

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The setting for most of the novel is a district in Brooklyn called:

Williamsburg
Crown Heights
Provincetown
Ladover

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What is significant about Asher's grandfather being murdered on the day before Easter?

It sets up Easter as a motif that recurs throughout the novel.
It illustrates the hatred of Jews by Eastern European Christians.
It shows the long tradition of misfortune in the Lev family.
It shows the forgetfulness of the grandfather - he forgot his bodyguard.

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Aryeh’s trips into Russia are dangerous because:

he is trying to help Jews escape to America.
he is a wanted man.
it's very cold; he could die of frostbite.

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Asher’s father often warns him that certain things come from the ‘sitra achra’. Select the only example that he does not give.

Dancing
Sports
Drawing
Certain feelings

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During one of his summers in Provincetown, which element of his Hassidic garb does Asher get rid of?

beard
skullcap
tzitzits
sidecurls

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What is Jacob trying to tell Asher when he says, during their first meeting, "Become a carpenter. Become a shoemaker."?

He thinks it's crazy that Asher, as a Hasidic Jew, wants to be an artist.
He thinks there could be a more profitable trade out there.
He's trying to give Asher good advice about his future.
b. Honest labor is more satisfying than drawing pictures.

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When Rivkeh completes her doctorate what does she do?

She becomes a counselor for newly-arrived Jews.
She goes for her master's.
She teaches Russian affairs.
She helps Aryeh however she can.

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"Drink your orange juice, or the vitamins will go out of it," is something Aryeh often says. Select the best interpretation.

This symbolizes the simple facts of life Asher learns to challenge as he matures, and also his father's concern for him.
This symbolizes his father's concern for him.
This symbolizes the haste in which good things leave Asher's life when he ignores them.
This symbolizes that the color orange will soon take on a bigger role in his art.

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Asher's parents want him to marry a girl from the Zalkowitz family.

true
false

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Asher's show with the Crucifixions is held in January.

true
false

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The fictional character Asher was born:

1942
1943
2011
1804

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There is a large division in character between:

Asher and Rivkeh
The Rebbe and Jacob Kahn
Aryeh and Jacob Kahn
Anna Schaeffer and Mrs Rackover

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Jacob says that Asher's parents are good people, but he still chooses to push Asher towards disobeying them because:

He believes truth is found in feelings, not good and evil
He believes that Asher should be independent
He wants to rule the world and only Asher can do that
Jacob has a long-established enmity with Asher's parents

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