English book quiz

They called him Moishe the Beadle, as if his entire life he had never had a ________.

Surname

His ________ shyness made people smile.

Waiflike

Maimonides tells us that one must be thirty before venturing into the world of mysticism, a world fraught with ________.

Peril

There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of ________ truth.

Mystical

Without passion or ________, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offer their necks.

Haste

Just listen to me!" He kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at ________ and the evening prayer.

Dusk

The people we're saying, "The Red Army is advancing with giant ________. . .Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to . . .

Strides

German soldiers�with their steel helmets and their death's head ________.

Emblem

The same day, the Hungarian police burst into every Jewish home in town: a Jew was ________ forbidden to own gold, jewelry, or any valuables.

Henceforth

Some ________ members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police: they wanted to know what he thought of the situation.

Prominent

A Jewish council was appointed, as well as a Jewish police force, a welfare agency, a labor committee, a health agency�a whole governmental ________.

Apparatus

The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by ________.

Delusion

My father was sharing some _______ and holding forth on his opinion of the situation.

Anecdotes

The courtyard turned into something like an ________ to an operating room.

Antechamber

The shadows around me ________ themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction.

Roused

To sleep. To dream, that nothing had happened. It was all in ________. . .

Jest

my father was running right and left, exhausted, consoling friends, checking with the Jewish council just in case the order had been ________.

Rescinded

The Hungarian police used their rifle butts, their clubs to ________ strike old men and women, children and cripples.

Indiscriminately

His very presence in the procession was enough to make the scene seem ________.

Surreal

There had been incidents of ________ and harsh blows.

Hysteria

That was when i began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first ________.

Oppressors

Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your ________ compassion, have mercy on us . . .

Infinite

The stars were but sparks of the immense ________ that was consuming us.

conflagration

As far as I'm concerned, this whole business of deportation is nothing but a big _______.

Farce

Our _______ headed toward the main synagogue. The town seemed deserted. But behind the shutters, our friends of yesterday were probably waiting for the moment when they could loot our homes.

Convoy

But we never ate enough to satisfy our hunger. Our principle was to ________. To save for tomorrow. Tomorrow could be worse yet.

Economize

Her husband was a ________ man who spent most of his days and nights in the house of study.

Pious

We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the _________ opening beneath us.

Abyss

Her son was clinging desperately to her, not ________ a word. He was no longer crying.

Uttering

Mrs. Schachter remained huddled in her corner, mute, untouched by the ________ around her.

optimism