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  • 1. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, what percentage of American Jews rated humor as essential to their Jewish identity?
A) 25 percent
B) 42 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 33 percent
  • 2. In the joke about the Reform Rabbi playing golf on Yom Kippur, what does God do to punish him?
A) He makes him hit a miraculous hole-in-one.
B) He strikes him with lightning.
C) He bans him from the synagogue.
D) He makes him lose his golf clubs.
  • 3. Why is the Reform Rabbi's hole-in-one considered a punishment in the joke?
A) Because he was caught by the congregation.
B) Because he has no one to tell about his amazing shot.
C) Because it ruined his golf game.
D) Because he broke his golf club in the process.
  • 4. In the joke about the three rabbis and the lobster, what is the Reform rabbi's response when asked about a beracha?
A) It is forbidden to eat lobster.
B) I do not know the answer.
C) You must say it before eating.
D) What's a beracha?
  • 5. In the joke about the desert island, why did the man build two synagogues?
A) He is very religious and needs both.
B) One is for holidays and one is for daily prayer.
C) He goes to one and refuses to step foot in the other.
D) One for him and one for his friends.
  • 6. In the joke about the schnorrer in New York, why does he want 73 cents for coffee and pie?
A) Because he does not buy retail.
B) Because he has a coupon.
C) Because he is very precise.
D) Because that is the current price.
  • 7. How does the Rabbi in the donation joke handle the money thrown into the air?
A) He gives it all to the poor.
B) He keeps what falls inside the circle.
C) He keeps all the money for himself.
D) He asks God to take whatever is His.
  • 8. What is the punchline of the joke about the first Starbucks in Israel?
A) The coffee is free for religious people.
B) There is a fork in the sugar bowl.
C) They close on the Sabbath.
D) They only serve kosher food.
  • 9. What does the barber find on his doorstep after cutting Rabbi Finklestein's hair for free?
A) A dozen roses.
B) A dozen bagels.
C) A dozen gemstones.
D) A dozen rabbis.
  • 10. In the story about the man on his deathbed, why does he not get his mother's brisket?
A) There was no brisket left.
B) The mother says it is for the shiva.
C) The mother refused to share it.
D) The brisket was burnt.
  • 11. What does the mother tell her son after he says he got the part of a 'Jewish husband' in the school play?
A) That is a wonderful role.
B) Tell them you want a speaking role.
C) Are you sure you can act?
D) Is the pay good?
  • 12. What is the main complaint of the mother whose son is living in Miami with a man named Miguel?
A) He could not find a nice Jewish boy.
B) She does not like Miguel.
C) She does not like the weather in Miami.
D) He is not calling her enough.
  • 13. In the telephone conversation between Miriam and Sharon, why is Sharon disappointed about her son Reuven?
A) He is not married yet.
B) He never visits her.
C) He is the President but not a doctor.
D) He is not a lawyer.
  • 14. Why does the man in the hospital want to be transferred?
A) Because the staff is rude.
B) Because the room is noisy.
C) Because the food is bad.
D) Because he cannot kvetch.
  • 15. What question did the waiter ask the group of dining Jewish mothers?
A) How is the food?
B) Is anything all right?
C) Are you ready to order?
D) Would you like dessert?
  • 16. In the joke about the old man on the train, what does he say after drinking the water?
A) Oy, was I thirsty.
B) I am still thirsty.
C) Thank you for the water.
D) The water was cold.
  • 17. Where are the foolish Jewish residents from in Eastern European Jewish humor?
A) Warsaw
B) Vilnius
C) Chełm
D) Kraków
  • 18. Which English folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Robin Hood
B) King Arthur
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Wise Men of Gotham
  • 19. Which German folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Baron Munchausen
B) Schildbürger
C) Faust
D) Brothers Grimm
  • 20. Who wrote The Fools of Chełm and Their History?
A) Isaac Bashevis Singer
B) Shlomo Simon
C) Ovsey Driz
D) Aaron Zeitlin
  • 21. What award did Isaac Bashevis Singer receive?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Booker Prize
D) Nobel Prize
  • 22. What genre did Ovsey Driz use for his Chełm stories?
A) Playwriting
B) Prose
C) Verse
D) Journalism
  • 23. Who wrote the comedy Chelmer Chachomim?
A) Aaron Zeitlin
B) Allen Mandelbaum
C) Y. Y. Trunk
D) Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • 24. How did the court in Chełm punish the fish that slapped a resident?
A) Public shaming
B) Drowning
C) Frying
D) Exile
  • 25. In the creation myth of Chełm, what was in the second, heavier sack?
A) Sin
B) Wisdom
C) Foolishness
D) Gold
  • 26. What is the book by Allen Mandelbaum that treats the wise men as scholars?
A) Village of Idiots
B) The Heroes of Chelm
C) The Fools of Chełm
D) Chelmaxioms
  • 27. When do many traditions in Jewish humor date back to?
A) 18th century
B) 17th century
C) 19th century
D) 20th century
  • 28. Which animated film is mentioned in the text as recounting Chełm tales?
A) The Wise Men of Helm
B) The Fools of Chełm
C) Chelmaxioms
D) Village of Idiots
  • 29. What problem were the Rabbis discussing in the synagogue attic in the assimilation joke?
A) Bats.
B) Squirrels.
C) Mice.
D) Birds.
  • 30. What was the result of giving the squirrels a bar mitzvah?
A) They started attending services daily.
B) They brought other squirrels to the synagogue.
C) They became members of the congregation.
D) They were never seen again.
  • 31. What does the text say Jews often mock in their own humor?
A) Other religious groups.
B) The laws of physics.
C) Political leaders.
D) Their own negative stereotypes.
  • 32. According to the joke about converts, who are the only normal ones in the congregation?
A) The Rabbis.
B) The elderly members.
C) The choir members.
D) The converts.
  • 33. What excuse does Joshua ben Hananiah give for the fragrant odor of the Sabbath dish?
A) Garlic from the market.
B) The heat of the oven.
C) A secret family recipe.
D) A spice called Shabbat.
  • 34. Who requests the secret spice from Joshua ben Hananiah?
A) A student.
B) The Rabbi.
C) The community leader.
D) Caesar.
  • 35. Which movement was associated with the emergence of modern Jewish humor in the nineteenth century?
A) Haskalah
B) Zionism
C) Orthodoxy
D) Hasidism
  • 36. Which folk character is associated with the Sephardic tradition of Jewish humor?
A) Moshe Waldoks
B) Saul Bellow
C) Djoha
D) Rabbi Jeremiah
  • 37. What were the jesters known as in Eastern European Jewish communities?
A) Badchens
B) Shtoch
C) Haskalah
D) Mishnah
  • 38. What was one of the first successful radio sitcoms to feature a Jewish family?
A) Shiva Baby
B) Seinfeld
C) Curb Your Enthusiasm
D) The Goldbergs
  • 39. Which of these is NOT listed as a famous Jewish comedian in the text?
A) Joan Rivers
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) Jerry Lewis
D) Milton Berle
  • 40. What was Hershele Ostropoler's profession before he was a jester?
A) Ritual slaughterer
B) Writer
C) Innkeeper
D) Rabbi
  • 41. Where was Hershele Ostropoler reportedly from?
A) Poland
B) Ukraine
C) Russia
D) Germany
  • 42. Who authored the illustrated children's books about Hershel?
A) Rabbi Boruch
B) Eric Kimmel
C) The Vilna Troupe
D) Trina Schart Hyman
  • 43. In the joke regarding the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, whom does the rabbi link the Jews with?
A) Farmers
B) Bankers
C) Politicians
D) Chimneysweeps
  • 44. Which group performed a comedy about Hershele Ostropoler in 1930?
A) The Baal Shem Tov's followers
B) A local Ukrainian theatre
C) The Vilna Troupe
D) The Pamyat headquarters
  • 45. In the joke about pork, what does the rabbi say he will do at the priest's wedding?
A) Try some pork
B) Refuse to attend
C) Eat a kosher meal
D) Convert to Christianity
  • 46. How did the old man describe Lenin to the customs official in Moscow?
A) A tyrant who ruined the country
B) The man who stole his gold
C) The genius who thought up this worker's paradise
D) A historic enemy of the people
  • 47. What kind of humor does the text mention is found in Israeli jokes?
A) Slapstick humor
B) Political satire
C) Absurdist humor
D) Gallows humor
  • 48. Which of the following is cited as a Yiddish term that sounds comical to English speakers?
A) Angel
B) Shnook
C) Boulevard
D) Schnitzel
  • 49. What is a 'shm-reduplication' construct mentioned in the text?
A) Shnook-shmendrik
B) Shlemiel-shlimazel
C) Kibbutz-schnitzel
D) Fancy-schmancy
  • 50. What linguistic trait of Yiddish became part of Jewish comedians' verbal word play?
A) Avoiding all English words
B) Ending sentences with questions
C) Speaking in rhyme
D) Using only Yiddish slang
  • 51. Which of these words is specifically mentioned as being considered inherently funny?
A) Midnight
B) Boulevard
C) Sandwich
D) Shlimazel
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