Test Your Yiddish Skills (1)

Instructions:

• Click the dot next to each answer you think is correct.
• If you check the wrong answer, simply click the correct one to change it.
• When finished, enter your name and click the "Submit" button.
• Your answers will be checked and your score will appear on a new page where you can see how you did.

(Source: questions are based on a quiz in the November 2006 edition of the "Jewish Magazine")

Questions

1. Which one of these people might best be described as zoftig?

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D.

2. You're driving around in eckveldt (the boondocks) and have no idea where you are. You are:

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B.
C.
D.

3. You found it! The Holy Grail! A $2000 designer dress for just $39.95! You've found a:

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B.
C.
D.

4. Which one of these people has a ferbisseneh punim?

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D.

5. He eats like a pig and wipes his face with the back of his hand. He farts and picks his nose at the dinner table. He curses like a drunken sailor. He's a real:

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C.
D.

6. Which of these is not a body part?

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D.

7. Which of these is not an insult?

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D.

8. You've gone to a wild party where you've been downing vodka jello shots like candy. You can barely stand up anymore, and you've made a fool of yourself in front of everyone you know. You are totally, completely:

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B.
C.
D.

9. Which of these things would you never find at a kosher restaurant?

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C.
D.

10. Of these various uses of "kishka," which one is incorrect?

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