Herzog Quizzes

Herzog Quiz 1

1 What does Herzog's middle name mean?
grandfather

blessed by God

sacred stone

son of God
2 Herzog goes to Martha's Vineyard to visit
Libbie

Tennie

Zelda

Daisy
3 "Blond little cushioned knuckles" refers to
Madeleine

Wanda

Tennie

Libbie
4 Herzog's first-born child was
Lucas

June

Marco

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

the trial of the sexual harrasser

the trial of the mother who murdered her child

the trial of the armed robber
6 The male prostitute's "girl's name" is
Marie

Phoebe

Wanda

Alice
7 Moses finds sympathy in
Ramona and Marco

Lucas and Ramona

Valentine and Ramona

Marco and Madeleine
8 The book Herzog intends to finish in the Ludeyville house is called
Romanticism and Spirituality

Romanticism and Christianity

The Christian Romantics

Christianity and Judaism
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 plans to marry his monkey

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

Asphalter is a drunkard
10 In the novel, Moses sleeps with
Asphalter

Ramona

Both

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

Zelda

Madeleine

Dr. Edvig
12 Moses is
romantic

troubled

idealistic

all of the above
13 June refers to Valentine as
a stepfather

a father

an uncle

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

funny faces

wooden toys

silly voices
15 At the end of the book Moses lives
in Montreal

in New York

in the Berkshires

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

The Tuttles

The Vanderbulens

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

Blake

Dickens

Wordsworth
18 Herzog compares his brother Shura to
Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Madeleine

William Blake
19 Herzog compares who to Valentine Gersbach?
Jonah Herzog

Lucas Asphalter

Will Herzog

Shapiro
20 Complete this quotation: "Drive your cart and your plow..."
through the muddy fields

over the bones of the dead

under the bones of the dead

across the bones of the dead
21 What happened to Nachman in Paris?
He overdosed on heroin and had to go to the infirmary

He was attacked by a pigeon.

He fell sick with tuberculosis and died on a doorstep

His girlfriend went mad and was taken away to America, and he was devastated
22 Jonah Herzog was
a professional gambler

a bootlegger

a mandolin player

a drag queen
23 What is Aunt Zipporah's opinion of Father Herzog?
She loves, respects, and looks up to him in a sisterly way

She has an enormous crush on him

She wants Moses to kill him for her

She loves him but thinks he is weak
24 Herzog's mother is referred to as
Nadine

Laura

Madeleine

Mother Herzog
25 The first three letters of Moses' middle name can signify
salad dressing flavor

fish

walking stick

horned quadruped

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