Books stored in the attic of a synagogue in Riga, Latvia, 1991. (Zion Ozeri/Jewish Lens)

Jewish Literature Quiz

How much do you know about Jewish literature?

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From legends in the Bible and Talmud, to the American masters Bellow and Roth, storytelling has been an integral part of Jewish life.

Question 1 of 10
In "Bee Season," to what does Eliza Neumann's brother attribute her spelling bee triumphs?
Question 2 of 10
In Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer is on a quest to the Ukraine to find a woman named Augustine, who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Who is the author?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these books features a fictional history of Jews in the comic book industry?
Question 4 of 10
Which book came out in 1960, around the time of Adolf Eichmann's arrest in Argentina, and eventually became the most frequently read story to emerge from the Holocaust?
Question 5 of 10
Saul Bellow is the only author who has ever won the National Book Award three times. For which three books did he win?
Question 6 of 10
What is Jewish literature?
Question 7 of 10
Which of these Jewish writers was Polish?
Question 8 of 10
Who was S.Y. Agnon?
Question 9 of 10
Who was Rivkah Tiktiner?
Question 10 of 10
When did Ladino writers start to use the Ladino language to keep their disparate culture alive?
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