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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) 42 percent
D) 50 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 hit a miraculous hole-in-one.
B) He bans him from the synagogue.
C) He strikes him with lightning.
D) He makes him lose his golf clubs.
  • 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 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) You must say it before eating.
B) It is forbidden to eat lobster.
C) What's a beracha?
D) I do not know the answer.
  • 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) He is very religious and needs both.
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 has a coupon.
B) Because he is very precise.
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 keeps what falls inside the circle.
B) He keeps all the money for himself.
C) He asks God to take whatever is His.
D) He gives it all to the poor.
  • 8. What is the punchline of the joke about the first Starbucks in Israel?
A) They close on the Sabbath.
B) The coffee is free for religious people.
C) They only serve kosher food.
D) There is a fork in the sugar bowl.
  • 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) There was no brisket left.
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) Tell them you want a speaking role.
B) Are you sure you can act?
C) That is a wonderful role.
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 could not find a nice Jewish boy.
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 never visits her.
B) He is not a lawyer.
C) He is not married yet.
D) He is the President but not a doctor.
  • 14. Why does the man in the hospital want to be transferred?
A) Because the staff is rude.
B) Because the food is bad.
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) Would you like dessert?
B) Are you ready to order?
C) Is anything all right?
D) How is the food?
  • 16. In the joke about the old man on the train, what does he say after drinking the water?
A) The water was cold.
B) I am still thirsty.
C) Oy, was I thirsty.
D) Thank you for the water.
  • 17. Where are the foolish Jewish residents from in Eastern European Jewish humor?
A) Vilnius
B) Warsaw
C) Chełm
D) Kraków
  • 18. Which English folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Sherlock Holmes
B) King Arthur
C) Robin Hood
D) Wise Men of Gotham
  • 19. Which German folk figures are similar to the wise men of Chełm?
A) Brothers Grimm
B) Schildbürger
C) Faust
D) Baron Munchausen
  • 20. Who wrote The Fools of Chełm and Their History?
A) Isaac Bashevis Singer
B) Ovsey Driz
C) Shlomo Simon
D) Aaron Zeitlin
  • 21. What award did Isaac Bashevis Singer receive?
A) Nobel Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Booker Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 22. What genre did Ovsey Driz use for his Chełm stories?
A) Journalism
B) Playwriting
C) Verse
D) Prose
  • 23. Who wrote the comedy Chelmer Chachomim?
A) Allen Mandelbaum
B) Isaac Bashevis Singer
C) Y. Y. Trunk
D) Aaron Zeitlin
  • 24. How did the court in Chełm punish the fish that slapped a resident?
A) Exile
B) Public shaming
C) Drowning
D) Frying
  • 25. In the creation myth of Chełm, what was in the second, heavier sack?
A) Foolishness
B) Gold
C) Wisdom
D) Sin
  • 26. What is the book by Allen Mandelbaum that treats the wise men as scholars?
A) The Fools of Chełm
B) The Heroes of Chelm
C) Village of Idiots
D) Chelmaxioms
  • 27. When do many traditions in Jewish humor date back to?
A) 17th century
B) 19th century
C) 18th century
D) 20th century
  • 28. Which animated film is mentioned in the text as recounting Chełm tales?
A) The Fools of Chełm
B) The Wise Men of Helm
C) Chelmaxioms
D) Village of Idiots
  • 29. What problem were the Rabbis discussing in the synagogue attic in the assimilation joke?
A) Mice.
B) Bats.
C) Birds.
D) Squirrels.
  • 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) Political leaders.
B) Other religious groups.
C) The laws of physics.
D) Their own negative stereotypes.
  • 32. According to the joke about converts, who are the only normal ones in the congregation?
A) The elderly members.
B) The Rabbis.
C) The converts.
D) The choir members.
  • 33. What excuse does Joshua ben Hananiah give for the fragrant odor of the Sabbath dish?
A) Garlic from the market.
B) A secret family recipe.
C) A spice called Shabbat.
D) The heat of the oven.
  • 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) Hasidism
B) Haskalah
C) Zionism
D) Orthodoxy
  • 36. Which folk character is associated with the Sephardic tradition of Jewish humor?
A) Djoha
B) Rabbi Jeremiah
C) Moshe Waldoks
D) Saul Bellow
  • 37. What were the jesters known as in Eastern European Jewish communities?
A) Badchens
B) Haskalah
C) Shtoch
D) Mishnah
  • 38. What was one of the first successful radio sitcoms to feature a Jewish family?
A) Curb Your Enthusiasm
B) Seinfeld
C) Shiva Baby
D) The Goldbergs
  • 39. Which of these is NOT listed as a famous Jewish comedian in the text?
A) Milton Berle
B) Joan Rivers
C) Charlie Chaplin
D) Jerry Lewis
  • 40. What was Hershele Ostropoler's profession before he was a jester?
A) Ritual slaughterer
B) Innkeeper
C) Rabbi
D) Writer
  • 41. Where was Hershele Ostropoler reportedly from?
A) Ukraine
B) Poland
C) Russia
D) Germany
  • 42. Who authored the illustrated children's books about Hershel?
A) The Vilna Troupe
B) Eric Kimmel
C) Trina Schart Hyman
D) Rabbi Boruch
  • 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 Baal Shem Tov's followers
B) The Vilna Troupe
C) The Pamyat headquarters
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) Eat a kosher meal
C) Convert to Christianity
D) Refuse to attend
  • 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) Absurdist humor
B) Political satire
C) Slapstick humor
D) Gallows humor
  • 48. Which of the following is cited as a Yiddish term that sounds comical to English speakers?
A) Boulevard
B) Shnook
C) Schnitzel
D) Angel
  • 49. What is a 'shm-reduplication' construct mentioned in the text?
A) Shlemiel-shlimazel
B) Fancy-schmancy
C) Shnook-shmendrik
D) Kibbutz-schnitzel
  • 50. What linguistic trait of Yiddish became part of Jewish comedians' verbal word play?
A) Using only Yiddish slang
B) Avoiding all English words
C) Speaking in rhyme
D) Ending sentences with questions
  • 51. Which of these words is specifically mentioned as being considered inherently funny?
A) Shlimazel
B) Sandwich
C) Midnight
D) Boulevard
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