Y9 Shtetl Review Quiz

What is the name of the school that boys attended in the shtetl?

• The cheder

• The hadar

• The radar

• The chacham

What do you call the organisation in charge of each shtetl?

(a)  

A khapper is someone who...

• steals boys and makes them into slaves

• steals boys and makes them into matzah

• steals boys and makes them into soldiers

• steals girls and marries them

What was the main language spoken in the shtetls?

• Hebrew

• Russian

• Irish

• Yiddish

As far as tsars go, how was Alexander II for the Jews of the Pale of Settlement?

• Bad for the first half of his life, good for the second half

• Worse than any of the other tsars

• Fantastic - he abolished the Pale of Settlement

• Better than Nicholas I, but that wasn't hard

Which of the following was NOT one of the major 'gender roles' of the shtetl?

• Papa

• Daughters

• Yente

• Father

Who set up the Pale of Settlement?

• Alexander III

• Nicholas II

• Catherine the Great

• Alexander I

Who killed the last Tsar of Russia?

• It was the communists!

• It was the Jews!

• It was the Catholics!

• It was the Nazis!

Which of these was a key motivation for starting a pogrom?

• Making sure the Jews were not able to take Russian land

• Trying to unite Christians of differnent denominations

• Creating a scapegoat for all sorts of issues

• Depriving the town of meaningful resources

Which of the following was the location of a major historical pogrom in the Pale of Settlement?

• Rodosz

• Ekaterinoslav

• Kielce

• Odessa