Answer all 23 questions. We spent an entire class period on these questions.
1. Talking about Danny being raised in silence, Mr. Malter says, "What a price to pay for a soul!" What is the author implying here about the reason for silence and the problems relating to using it as a technique?
2. Reb Saunders says of Danny, "All his life he will be a tzaddik. He will be a tzaddick for the world." What does this imply about why Reb Saunders raised his son the way he did, how he feels about his son, and what he anticipates Danny's future will be?
3. When asked at the end of the book if he will raise his own son in silence, Danny says, "Yes, if I cannot find another way." What does Danny imply here about his feeling about silence?
4. When Reuven tells his father about the public test of Danny, Mr. Malter replies, "A man can do whatever he wishes to test his son's knowledge. But there are other ways than the way of Reb Saunders." How does Mr. Malter feel about the public testing? Would he ever test Reuven this way? Why or why not?
5. Reuven tells the reader that "Reb Saunders was far happier when he lost to Danny than when he won." What does that imply about the test, Reb Saunders and Danny's relationship, and why Reb Saunders does what he does?
6. When Reuven goes to the library, he cannon find any articles by Rav Gershenson. Then he says, "It was then that I understood why my father was not teaching at this school." Why isn't Mr. Malter a professor at this school?
7. List 4 themes in The Chosen in complete sentences. Give me the main ideas.
8. Why is Danny able to learn so quickly? How does he read? How does he remember all the information?
9. What was Reb Saunders trying to teach/give his son when he raised him in silence?
10. Reb Saunders first learned the power of his son's mind at what age? Why did his son scare him?
11. Reb Saunders knew about the dangers of a brilliant mind not because of Solomon Maimon, but because of...
12. True or False: Reb Saunders was always chosen to be the next tzaddick.
13. Reb Saunders said that people must find their answers to life's problems... where?
14. The study of Torah is traditionally done in this language: (Reuven's study is NOT traditional).
15. What is the method David Malter used to study the Torah?
16. Nonsensical arguments over minute points of Talmud are called...
17. Why does Reuven live with the Saunders family?
18. Why did Danny have to learn German?
19. Both Danny and Reuven have the same professor in college. Who is he and what does he teach?
20. A Jewish parochial school is called a...
21. What is a goyim?
23. What does apikorsim mean?
