Jewish humor - тест

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) 25 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 makes him hit a miraculous hole-in-one.
C) He bans him from the synagogue.
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) I do not know the answer.
B) You must say it before eating.
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) He is very religious and needs both.
B) He goes to one and refuses to step foot in the other.
C) One for him and one for his friends.
D) One is for holidays and one is for daily prayer.

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 he does not buy retail.
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 all the money for himself.
B) He gives it all to the poor.
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 only serve kosher food.
B) They close on the Sabbath.
C) There is a fork in the sugar bowl.
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 rabbis.
C) A dozen gemstones.
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) The mother says it is for the shiva.
C) The brisket was burnt.
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) Are you sure you can act?
B) Is the pay good?
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) She does not like the weather in Miami.
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 is not a lawyer.
B) He never visits her.
C) He is the President but not a doctor.
D) He is not married yet.

14. Why does the man in the hospital want to be transferred?

A) Because the food is bad.
B) Because he cannot kvetch.
C) Because the room is noisy.
D) Because the staff is rude.

15. What question did the waiter ask the group of dining Jewish mothers?

A) How is the food?
B) Is anything all right?
C) Would you like dessert?
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) I am still thirsty.
B) The water was cold.
C) Thank you for the water.
D) Oy, was I thirsty.

17. Where are the foolish Jewish residents from in Eastern European Jewish humor?

A) Vilnius
B) Kraków
C) Warsaw
D) Chełm

18. Which English folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?

A) Robin Hood
B) King Arthur
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) Schildbürger
D) Faust

20. Who wrote The Fools of Chełm and Their History?

A) Ovsey Driz
B) Isaac Bashevis Singer
C) Shlomo Simon
D) Aaron Zeitlin

21. What award did Isaac Bashevis Singer receive?

A) Booker Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Pulitzer 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) Y. Y. Trunk
C) Isaac Bashevis Singer
D) Allen Mandelbaum

24. How did the court in Chełm punish the fish that slapped a resident?

A) Public shaming
B) Drowning
C) Exile
D) Frying

25. In the creation myth of Chełm, what was in the second, heavier sack?

A) Foolishness
B) Sin
C) Wisdom
D) Gold

26. What is the book by Allen Mandelbaum that treats the wise men as scholars?

A) The Fools of Chełm
B) Village of Idiots
C) Chelmaxioms
D) The Heroes of Chelm

27. When do many traditions in Jewish humor date back to?

A) 19th century
B) 18th century
C) 17th century
D) 20th 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) Birds.
B) Mice.
C) Squirrels.
D) Bats.

30. What was the result of giving the squirrels a bar mitzvah?

A) They became members of the congregation.
B) They brought other squirrels to the synagogue.
C) They started attending services daily.
D) They were never seen again.

31. What does the text say Jews often mock in their own humor?

A) Other religious groups.
B) Their own negative stereotypes.
C) Political leaders.
D) The laws of physics.

32. According to the joke about converts, who are the only normal ones in the congregation?

A) The choir members.
B) The Rabbis.
C) The converts.
D) The elderly 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 secret family recipe.
C) A spice called Shabbat.
D) Garlic from the market.

34. Who requests the secret spice from Joshua ben Hananiah?

A) The community leader.
B) The Rabbi.
C) Caesar.
D) A student.

35. Which movement was associated with the emergence of modern Jewish humor in the nineteenth century?

A) Haskalah
B) Zionism
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) Badchens
B) Haskalah
C) Mishnah
D) Shtoch

38. What was one of the first successful radio sitcoms to feature a Jewish family?

A) Shiva Baby
B) The Goldbergs
C) Seinfeld
D) Curb Your Enthusiasm

39. Which of these is NOT listed as a famous Jewish comedian in the text?

A) Jerry Lewis
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) Joan Rivers
D) Milton Berle

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) Ukraine
B) Russia
C) Poland
D) Germany

42. Who authored the illustrated children's books about Hershel?

A) Eric Kimmel
B) Rabbi Boruch
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) Politicians
B) Bankers
C) Farmers
D) Chimneysweeps

44. Which group performed a comedy about Hershele Ostropoler in 1930?

A) A local Ukrainian theatre
B) The Baal Shem Tov's followers
C) The Pamyat headquarters
D) The Vilna Troupe

45. In the joke about pork, what does the rabbi say he will do at the priest's wedding?

A) Convert to Christianity
B) Refuse to attend
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 man who stole his gold
C) A historic enemy of the people
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) Political satire
C) Slapstick humor
D) Absurdist humor

48. Which of the following is cited as a Yiddish term that sounds comical to English speakers?

A) Shnook
B) Angel
C) Boulevard
D) Schnitzel

49. What is a 'shm-reduplication' construct mentioned in the text?

A) Kibbutz-schnitzel
B) Fancy-schmancy
C) Shlemiel-shlimazel
D) Shnook-shmendrik

50. What linguistic trait of Yiddish became part of Jewish comedians' verbal word play?

A) Avoiding all English words
B) Using only Yiddish slang
C) Ending sentences with questions
D) Speaking in rhyme

51. Which of these words is specifically mentioned as being considered inherently funny?

A) Sandwich
B) Boulevard
C) Midnight
D) Shlimazel

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