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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) 25 percent
B) 50 percent
C) 33 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 strikes him with lightning.
B) He makes him hit a miraculous hole-in-one.
C) He makes him lose his golf clubs.
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 it ruined his golf game.
B) Because he has no one to tell about his amazing shot.
C) Because he broke his golf club in the process.
D) Because he was caught by the congregation.
  • 4. In the joke about the three rabbis and the lobster, what is the Reform rabbi's response when asked about a beracha?
A) What's a beracha?
B) I do not know the answer.
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) One for him and one for his friends.
B) He goes to one and refuses to step foot in the other.
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 he is very precise.
B) Because he does not buy retail.
C) Because he has a coupon.
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 gives it all to the poor.
B) He keeps what falls inside the circle.
C) He asks God to take whatever is His.
D) He keeps all the money for himself.
  • 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 roses.
B) A dozen bagels.
C) A dozen rabbis.
D) A dozen gemstones.
  • 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 brisket was burnt.
C) The mother refused to share it.
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) He is not calling her enough.
B) She does not like Miguel.
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 never visits her.
B) He is the President but not a doctor.
C) He is not a lawyer.
D) He is not married yet.
  • 14. Why does the man in the hospital want to be transferred?
A) Because the room is noisy.
B) Because the staff is rude.
C) Because he cannot kvetch.
D) Because the food is bad.
  • 15. What question did the waiter ask the group of dining Jewish mothers?
A) Would you like dessert?
B) Is anything all right?
C) How is the food?
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) 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) Chełm
C) Warsaw
D) Vilnius
  • 18. Which English folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Wise Men of Gotham
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Robin Hood
D) King Arthur
  • 19. Which German folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Baron Munchausen
B) Schildbürger
C) Brothers Grimm
D) Faust
  • 20. Who wrote The Fools of Chełm and Their History?
A) Ovsey Driz
B) Shlomo Simon
C) Isaac Bashevis Singer
D) Aaron Zeitlin
  • 21. What award did Isaac Bashevis Singer receive?
A) National Book Award
B) Booker Prize
C) Nobel Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 22. What genre did Ovsey Driz use for his Chełm stories?
A) Verse
B) Prose
C) Playwriting
D) Journalism
  • 23. Who wrote the comedy Chelmer Chachomim?
A) Isaac Bashevis Singer
B) Allen Mandelbaum
C) Aaron Zeitlin
D) Y. Y. Trunk
  • 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) Wisdom
B) Sin
C) Gold
D) Foolishness
  • 26. What is the book by Allen Mandelbaum that treats the wise men as scholars?
A) The Heroes of Chelm
B) Village of Idiots
C) The Fools of Chełm
D) Chelmaxioms
  • 27. When do many traditions in Jewish humor date back to?
A) 19th century
B) 18th century
C) 20th century
D) 17th century
  • 28. Which animated film is mentioned in the text as recounting Chełm tales?
A) Village of Idiots
B) Chelmaxioms
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) Mice.
B) Birds.
C) Bats.
D) Squirrels.
  • 30. What was the result of giving the squirrels a bar mitzvah?
A) They brought other squirrels to the synagogue.
B) They became members of the congregation.
C) They were never seen again.
D) They started attending services daily.
  • 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 Rabbis.
B) The elderly members.
C) The choir members.
D) The converts.
  • 33. What excuse does Joshua ben Hananiah give for the fragrant odor of the Sabbath dish?
A) The heat of the oven.
B) Garlic from the market.
C) A spice called Shabbat.
D) A secret family recipe.
  • 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) Hasidism
B) Zionism
C) Haskalah
D) Orthodoxy
  • 36. Which folk character is associated with the Sephardic tradition of Jewish humor?
A) Moshe Waldoks
B) Saul Bellow
C) Rabbi Jeremiah
D) Djoha
  • 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) 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) Jerry Lewis
D) Charlie Chaplin
  • 40. What was Hershele Ostropoler's profession before he was a jester?
A) Writer
B) Innkeeper
C) Ritual slaughterer
D) Rabbi
  • 41. Where was Hershele Ostropoler reportedly from?
A) Germany
B) Russia
C) Ukraine
D) Poland
  • 42. Who authored the illustrated children's books about Hershel?
A) Eric Kimmel
B) Trina Schart Hyman
C) Rabbi Boruch
D) The Vilna Troupe
  • 43. In the joke regarding the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, whom does the rabbi link the Jews with?
A) Bankers
B) Politicians
C) Farmers
D) Chimneysweeps
  • 44. Which group performed a comedy about Hershele Ostropoler in 1930?
A) The Vilna Troupe
B) A local Ukrainian theatre
C) The Pamyat headquarters
D) The Baal Shem Tov's followers
  • 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) The genius who thought up this worker's paradise
B) A tyrant who ruined the country
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) Absurdist humor
B) Gallows 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) Boulevard
B) Angel
C) Shnook
D) Schnitzel
  • 49. What is a 'shm-reduplication' construct mentioned in the text?
A) Shlemiel-shlimazel
B) Shnook-shmendrik
C) Fancy-schmancy
D) Kibbutz-schnitzel
  • 50. What linguistic trait of Yiddish became part of Jewish comedians' verbal word play?
A) Using only Yiddish slang
B) Speaking in rhyme
C) Ending sentences with questions
D) Avoiding all English words
  • 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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