Tuesday, January 04, 2005

First-ever WWPD quiz

The following was said of which well-known Jewish (or half-Jewish) intellectual:

"His mother, who adored him and remained...the dominant influence on his personal life, raised him to dream of himself as meant for great things."

Was it...

a) Philip Roth,
b) Marcel Proust,
c) Theodor Herzl, or
d) "That guy" in your philosophy class.

Please place your bets in the comments to this post.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe Lenin?

Phoebe Maltz Bovy said...

Nope

Unknown said...

Proust?

Phoebe Maltz Bovy said...

Not saying until more readers have guessed.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Aaron: Proust.
- Jochen

Anonymous said...

Have to go with Proust. He seems like he would have been a mother's boy.

neo-neocon said...

Freud.

Nick said...

answer here:

hey, I cheated. gotta love google!

http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/27.html

at least I can link to it without giving it away, right?

...still, it's kind of odd.

Phoebe Maltz Bovy said...

I'd say you gave it away...cheater!

Nick said...

pissed at me for something I published on the internet?

join the club...

Daniel said...

But, of course, it could apply to the vast majority of Jewish intellectuals...

Libby Pearson said...

Or even the vast majority of male Jews?

Anonymous said...

Is this a bad thing?

Phoebe Maltz Bovy said...

Can be.

Esther Kustanowitz said...

I was sure it was Jesus.