Herzog Quizzes

Herzog Quiz 1

1 What does Herzog's middle name mean?
sacred stone

grandfather

son of God

blessed by God
2 Herzog goes to Martha's Vineyard to visit
Zelda

Tennie

Daisy

Libbie
3 "Blond little cushioned knuckles" refers to
Wanda

Libbie

Madeleine

Tennie
4 Herzog's first-born child was
June

Marco

Lucas

Daisy
5 What is the trial that causes Herzog to "forget" about Simkin?
the trial of the sexual harrasser

the trial of the male prostitute

the trial of the armed robber

the trial of the mother who murdered her child
6 The male prostitute's "girl's name" is
Marie

Alice

Phoebe

Wanda
7 Moses finds sympathy in
Lucas and Ramona

Marco and Madeleine

Ramona and Marco

Valentine and Ramona
8 The book Herzog intends to finish in the Ludeyville house is called
Christianity and Judaism

Romanticism and Christianity

Romanticism and Spirituality

The Christian Romantics
9 Herzog worries for his friend, Lucas Asphalter, because
Asphalter has engaged in sexual relations with his dying monkey and could have caught fleas

Asphalter gave his dying monkey the kiss of life and could have caught TB

Asphalter is a drunkard

Asphalter plans to marry his monkey
10 In the novel, Moses sleeps with
Ramona

Asphalter

Both

None of the above
11 Who first refers to Moses by his first name?
Valentine

Madeleine

Zelda

Dr. Edvig
12 Moses is
romantic

idealistic

troubled

all of the above
13 June refers to Valentine as
an uncle

a stepfather

a friend

a father
14 According to June, Moses is responsible for the best
stories

silly voices

funny faces

wooden toys
15 At the end of the book Moses lives
in the Berkshires

in Montreal

in New York

in Chicago
16 The family who helps Moses clean and electrify his house at the end:
The Tuttles

The Vanderbulens

The Tittles

The Buttles
17 Moses carries with him a volume of works by
Wordsworth

Dickens

Hobbes

Blake
18 Herzog compares his brother Shura to
William Blake

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Madeleine
19 Herzog compares who to Valentine Gersbach?
Shapiro

Will Herzog

Jonah Herzog

Lucas Asphalter
20 Complete this quotation: "Drive your cart and your plow..."
over the bones of the dead

across the bones of the dead

under the bones of the dead

through the muddy fields
21 What happened to Nachman in Paris?
His girlfriend went mad and was taken away to America, and he was devastated

He was attacked by a pigeon.

He overdosed on heroin and had to go to the infirmary

He fell sick with tuberculosis and died on a doorstep
22 Jonah Herzog was
a bootlegger

a drag queen

a mandolin player

a professional gambler
23 What is Aunt Zipporah's opinion of Father Herzog?
She has an enormous crush on him

She loves him but thinks he is weak

She wants Moses to kill him for her

She loves, respects, and looks up to him in a sisterly way
24 Herzog's mother is referred to as
Laura

Nadine

Madeleine

Mother Herzog
25 The first three letters of Moses' middle name can signify
horned quadruped

salad dressing flavor

walking stick

fish

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