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