Herzog Quizzes

Herzog Quiz 1

1 What does Herzog's middle name mean?
son of God

blessed by God

grandfather

sacred stone
2 Herzog goes to Martha's Vineyard to visit
Zelda

Tennie

Libbie

Daisy
3 "Blond little cushioned knuckles" refers to
Madeleine

Libbie

Tennie

Wanda
4 Herzog's first-born child was
June

Lucas

Marco

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 mother who murdered her child

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

Marie

Phoebe

Wanda
7 Moses finds sympathy in
Ramona and Marco

Lucas and Ramona

Marco and Madeleine

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

Romanticism and Christianity

Christianity and Judaism

Romanticism and Spirituality
9 Herzog worries for his friend, Lucas Asphalter, because
Asphalter plans to marry his monkey

Asphalter is a drunkard

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

Asphalter has engaged in sexual relations with his dying monkey and could have caught fleas
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

Dr. Edvig

Madeleine

Zelda
12 Moses is
romantic

troubled

idealistic

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

a friend

a father

an uncle
14 According to June, Moses is responsible for the best
silly voices

stories

wooden toys

funny faces
15 At the end of the book Moses lives
in Montreal

in Chicago

in the Berkshires

in New York
16 The family who helps Moses clean and electrify his house at the end:
The Vanderbulens

The Buttles

The Tuttles

The Tittles
17 Moses carries with him a volume of works by
Dickens

Wordsworth

Hobbes

Blake
18 Herzog compares his brother Shura to
Madeleine

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

William Blake
19 Herzog compares who to Valentine Gersbach?
Lucas Asphalter

Jonah Herzog

Shapiro

Will Herzog
20 Complete this quotation: "Drive your cart and your plow..."
under the bones of the dead

across the bones of the dead

through the muddy fields

over the bones of the dead
21 What happened to Nachman in Paris?
He fell sick with tuberculosis and died on a doorstep

He overdosed on heroin and had to go to the infirmary

He was attacked by a pigeon.

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

a professional gambler

a bootlegger

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

She wants Moses to kill him for her

She loves him but thinks he is weak

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

Mother Herzog

Laura

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

salad dressing flavor

fish

walking stick

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