Nemesis Quizzes

Nemesis Quiz One

1 What year does the story begin?
1944.

1923.

1953.

1967.
2 What is the author's name?
Philip Roth.

Robert Roth.

Philip Rice.

Robert Rice.
3 Which ethnic neighborhood sees the first polio case in New Jersey?
Chinese.

Jewish.

Pakistani.

Italian.
4 Where does the story begin?
Queens.

Brooklyn.

Newark.

Manhattan.
5 What is the name of the neighborhood in which the story takes place?
Lower East Side.

Bensonhurst.

Weequahic.

New Paltz.
6 What is the religion of most of the people in Weequahic?
Jewish.

Buddhist.

Muslim.

Catholic.
7 What is the disease that is resurfacing in Weequahic?
AIDS.

Swine flu.

Syphilis.

Polio.
8 Which is NOT a common symptom of polio?
Headache.

Loss of smell.

Nausea.

Paralysis.
9 Which president contracted polio?
Bill Clinton.

William Taft.

Teddy Roosevelt.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
10 Newark is surrounded by ___
mountains.

wetlands.

lakes.

desert.
11 Who is the novel's protagonist?
Marcia Steinberg.

Bucky Cantor.

Phyllis Steinberg.

Sheila Steinberg.
12 What is Bucky's birth name?
Frederick.

David.

Eugene.

Asher.
13 What is Bucky's job?
Nurse.

Playground director.

Football coach.

First grade teacher.
14 What is the name of Bucky's school?
Newark High.

Weequahic High.

Weequahic Middle.

Chancellor Avenue School.
15 Who raised Bucky?
His uncle.

His mother.

His father.

His grandparents.
16 What happened to Bucky's mother?
She disappeared.

She died.

She is imprisoned.

She left.
17 What happened to Bucky's father?
He was imprisoned, then he left.

He left.

He died.

He was imprisoned.
18 How did Bucky's mother die?
Heart attack.

Car accident.

Cancer.

Childbirth.
19 What is Bucky's grandfather's name?
Sam.

Saul.

Eugene.

Steve.
20 Bucky has bad __
vision.

strength.

feet.

knees.
21 Why doesn't Bucky serve in the war?
He is too short.

He has diabetes.

His vision is too poor.

He is emotionally unfit.
22 Bucky is embarrassed about his __
older sister.

height.

younger brother.

weight.
23 How many siblings does Bucky have?
Three.

One.

Two.

Zero.
24 Who comes to spit on the playground?
Italians.

Russians.

Dominicans.

Haitians.
25 Following the spitting incident, students begin to contract __.
herpes.

strep throat.

the flu.

polio.

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