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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) 33 percent
C) 42 percent
D) 25 percent
  • 2. In the joke about the Reform Rabbi playing golf on Yom Kippur, what does God do to punish him?
A) He strikes him with lightning.
B) He bans him from the synagogue.
C) He makes him lose his golf clubs.
D) He makes him hit a miraculous hole-in-one.
  • 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 he was caught by the congregation.
C) Because he broke his golf club in the process.
D) Because it ruined his golf game.
  • 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) What's a beracha?
C) It is forbidden to eat lobster.
D) You must say it before eating.
  • 5. In the joke about the desert island, why did the man build two synagogues?
A) He goes to one and refuses to step foot in the other.
B) One for him and one for his friends.
C) One is for holidays and one is for daily prayer.
D) He is very religious and needs both.
  • 6. In the joke about the schnorrer in New York, why does he want 73 cents for coffee and pie?
A) Because that is the current price.
B) Because he does not buy retail.
C) Because he has a coupon.
D) Because he is very precise.
  • 7. How does the Rabbi in the donation joke handle the money thrown into the air?
A) He keeps all the money for himself.
B) He gives it all to the poor.
C) He keeps what falls inside the circle.
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) They close on the Sabbath.
C) They only serve kosher food.
D) The coffee is free for religious people.
  • 9. What does the barber find on his doorstep after cutting Rabbi Finklestein's hair for free?
A) A dozen bagels.
B) A dozen roses.
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 refused to share it.
C) The mother says it is for the shiva.
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) She does not like the weather in Miami.
B) She does not like Miguel.
C) He is not calling her enough.
D) He could not find a nice Jewish boy.
  • 13. In the telephone conversation between Miriam and Sharon, why is Sharon disappointed about her son Reuven?
A) He never visits her.
B) He is the President but not a doctor.
C) He is not married yet.
D) He is not a lawyer.
  • 14. Why does the man in the hospital want to be transferred?
A) Because the food is bad.
B) Because the staff is rude.
C) Because the room is noisy.
D) Because he cannot kvetch.
  • 15. What question did the waiter ask the group of dining Jewish mothers?
A) How is the food?
B) Are you ready to order?
C) Would you like dessert?
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) Thank you for the water.
B) The water was cold.
C) Oy, was I thirsty.
D) I am still thirsty.
  • 17. Where are the foolish Jewish residents from in Eastern European Jewish humor?
A) Kraków
B) Chełm
C) Warsaw
D) Vilnius
  • 18. Which English folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Sherlock Holmes
B) King Arthur
C) Wise Men of Gotham
D) Robin Hood
  • 19. Which German folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Baron Munchausen
B) Faust
C) Brothers Grimm
D) Schildbürger
  • 20. Who wrote The Fools of Chełm and Their History?
A) Isaac Bashevis Singer
B) Ovsey Driz
C) Aaron Zeitlin
D) Shlomo Simon
  • 21. What award did Isaac Bashevis Singer receive?
A) Booker Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) National Book Award
D) Nobel Prize
  • 22. What genre did Ovsey Driz use for his Chełm stories?
A) Journalism
B) Prose
C) Verse
D) Playwriting
  • 23. Who wrote the comedy Chelmer Chachomim?
A) Isaac Bashevis Singer
B) Y. Y. Trunk
C) Allen Mandelbaum
D) Aaron Zeitlin
  • 24. How did the court in Chełm punish the fish that slapped a resident?
A) Exile
B) Frying
C) Public shaming
D) Drowning
  • 25. In the creation myth of Chełm, what was in the second, heavier sack?
A) Gold
B) Sin
C) Wisdom
D) Foolishness
  • 26. What is the book by Allen Mandelbaum that treats the wise men as scholars?
A) The Fools of Chełm
B) Chelmaxioms
C) The Heroes of Chelm
D) Village of Idiots
  • 27. When do many traditions in Jewish humor date back to?
A) 20th century
B) 17th century
C) 18th century
D) 19th century
  • 28. Which animated film is mentioned in the text as recounting Chełm tales?
A) The Wise Men of Helm
B) Village of Idiots
C) The Fools of Chełm
D) Chelmaxioms
  • 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 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) Their own negative stereotypes.
B) Other religious groups.
C) The laws of physics.
D) Political leaders.
  • 32. According to the joke about converts, who are the only normal ones in the congregation?
A) The elderly members.
B) The choir members.
C) The Rabbis.
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) A spice called Shabbat.
C) The heat of the oven.
D) A secret family recipe.
  • 34. Who requests the secret spice from Joshua ben Hananiah?
A) The community leader.
B) A student.
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) Orthodoxy
D) Hasidism
  • 36. Which folk character is associated with the Sephardic tradition of Jewish humor?
A) Rabbi Jeremiah
B) Moshe Waldoks
C) Djoha
D) Saul Bellow
  • 37. What were the jesters known as in Eastern European Jewish communities?
A) Haskalah
B) Mishnah
C) Shtoch
D) Badchens
  • 38. What was one of the first successful radio sitcoms to feature a Jewish family?
A) Shiva Baby
B) Seinfeld
C) The Goldbergs
D) Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • 39. Which of these is NOT listed as a famous Jewish comedian in the text?
A) Milton Berle
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) Jerry Lewis
D) Joan Rivers
  • 40. What was Hershele Ostropoler's profession before he was a jester?
A) Innkeeper
B) Writer
C) Rabbi
D) Ritual slaughterer
  • 41. Where was Hershele Ostropoler reportedly from?
A) Russia
B) Ukraine
C) Poland
D) Germany
  • 42. Who authored the illustrated children's books about Hershel?
A) Eric Kimmel
B) Rabbi Boruch
C) Trina Schart Hyman
D) The Vilna Troupe
  • 43. In the joke regarding the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, whom does the rabbi link the Jews with?
A) Farmers
B) Chimneysweeps
C) Politicians
D) Bankers
  • 44. Which group performed a comedy about Hershele Ostropoler in 1930?
A) The Baal Shem Tov's followers
B) The Pamyat headquarters
C) The Vilna Troupe
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) Refuse to attend
C) Convert to Christianity
D) Eat a kosher meal
  • 46. How did the old man describe Lenin to the customs official in Moscow?
A) The genius who thought up this worker's paradise
B) The man who stole his gold
C) A tyrant who ruined the country
D) A historic enemy of the people
  • 47. What kind of humor does the text mention is found in Israeli jokes?
A) Gallows humor
B) Absurdist humor
C) Political satire
D) Slapstick humor
  • 48. Which of the following is cited as a Yiddish term that sounds comical to English speakers?
A) Schnitzel
B) Shnook
C) Angel
D) Boulevard
  • 49. What is a 'shm-reduplication' construct mentioned in the text?
A) Shnook-shmendrik
B) Fancy-schmancy
C) Shlemiel-shlimazel
D) Kibbutz-schnitzel
  • 50. What linguistic trait of Yiddish became part of Jewish comedians' verbal word play?
A) Using only Yiddish slang
B) Ending sentences with questions
C) Avoiding all English words
D) Speaking in rhyme
  • 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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