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