1. 1
The Israelites began worshipping their
God in the First Temple when ___.
a. Moses led them out of Egypt
b. Solomon was the king
c. Judas Maccabaeus fought the Greeks
d. Theodor Herzl taught them to believe in
Zionism

2. 2
The Israelites began worshipping their
God in the First Temple when ___.
a. Moses led them out of Egypt
b. Solomon was the king
c. Judas Maccabaeus fought the Greeks
d. Theodor Herzl taught them to believe in
Zionism

3. 3
The First Temple was destroyed in 586
B.C.E. when the Jews ___.
a. rebelled against God and God lashed out in
anger against them
b. lost a war to the Assyrian Empire
c. the Romans invaded and besieged Jerusalem
d. the Babylonians invaded and carried them off
into the Exile

4. 4
The First Temple was destroyed in 586
B.C.E. when the Jews ___.
a. rebelled against God and God lashed out in
anger against them
b. lost a war to the Assyrian Empire
c. the Romans invaded and besieged Jerusalem
d. the Babylonians invaded and carried them
off into the Exile

5. 5
Jews in ___ became leaders of worldwide
Judaism during the Middle Ages.
a. Babylon
b. Jerusalem
c. Spain
d. Poland

6. 6
Jews in ___ became leaders of worldwide
Judaism during the Middle Ages.
a. Babylon
b. Jerusalem
c. Spain
d. Poland

7. 7
Ghettoes were first formed during the:
a. seventeenth century in Germany.
b. Crusades in the Rhineland.
c. Counter-Reformation in Rome.
d. Ottoman Empire in Turkey.

8. 8
Ghettoes were first formed during the:
a. seventeenth century in Germany.
b. Crusades in the Rhineland.
c. Counter-Reformation in Rome.
d. Ottoman Empire in Turkey.

9. 9
Today the largest group within Judaism is:
a. Orthodox.
b. Reformed.
c. Conservative.
d. Reconstructionist.

10. 10
Today the largest group within Judaism is:
a. Orthodox.
b. Reformed.
c. Conservative.
d. Reconstructionist.

11. 11
Today the largest population of Jews in
the world is found in:
a. Poland.
b. Ethiopia.
c. New York City.
d. Paris.

12. 12
Today the largest population of Jews in
the world is found in:
a. Poland.
b. Ethiopia.
c. New York City.
d. Paris.

13. 13
This Jewish thinker advocated that
modern Jews enter the European
mainstream:
a. Isaac Luria.
b. Moses Mendelssohn.
c. Shabbatai Zevi.
d. Baal Shem Tov.

14. 14
This Jewish thinker advocated that
modern Jews enter the European
mainstream:
a. Isaac Luria.
b. Moses Mendelssohn.
c. Shabbatai Zevi.
d. Baal Shem Tov.

15. 15
The Ten Commandments were given to
___ on ___.
a. Jeremiah; Passover
b. Moses; Sinai
c. Solomon; Purim
d. Ezekiel; Chanukah

16. 16
The Ten Commandments were given to
___ on ___.
a. Jeremiah; Passover
b. Moses; Sinai
c. Solomon; Purim
d. Ezekiel; Chanukah

17. 17
The Balfour Declaration:
a. limited Jewish migration to Palestine.
b. declared Britain supported creation of Jewish
homeland in Palestine.
c. made it illegal for Jews to own business in
Britain during WWII.
d. was a United Nations document partitioning
Palestine into two parts.

18. 18
The Balfour Declaration:
a. limited Jewish migration to Palestine.
b. declared Britain supported creation of
Jewish homeland in Palestine.
c. made it illegal for Jews to own business in
Britain during WWII.
d. was a United Nations document partitioning
Palestine into two parts.

19. 19
The Talmud is:
a. a book about the prophets in the Hebrew
Scriptures.
b. a book of mystical Judaic beliefs and prayers
in the Middle Ages.
c. a combination of the Gemara and the
Mishnah.
d. a combination of the Torah and the Kabbalah.

20. 20
The Talmud is:
a. a book about the prophets in the Hebrew
Scriptures.
b. a book of mystical Judaic beliefs and prayers
in the Middle Ages.
c. a combination of the Gemara and the
Mishnah.
d. a combination of the Torah and the Kabbalah.

21. 21
The first set of books of the Hebrew
Scriptures are called the Pentateuch.
a. True
b. False

22. 22
The first set of books of the Hebrew
Scriptures are called the Pentateuch.
a. True
b. False

23. 23
Ezra was an influential Jew who
returned from the Babylonian Exile and
probably began the process of
collecting the books that make up the
Jewish Bible.
a. True
b. False

24. 24
Ezra was an influential Jew who
returned from the Babylonian Exile and
probably began the process of
collecting the books that make up the
Jewish Bible.
a. True
b. False

25. 25
The synagogue – rabbinical system
develops in Judaism because of the
Diaspora.
a. True
b. False

26. 26
The synagogue – rabbinical system
develops in Judaism because of the
Diaspora.
a. True
b. False

27. 27
The Muslim rulers of Spain in the
Middle Ages were extremely brutal in
their suppression and persecution of
Jews.
a. True
b. False

28. 28
The Muslim rulers of Spain in the
Middle Ages were extremely brutal in
their suppression and persecution of
Jews.
a. True
b. False

29. 29
The Kabbalahists were deeply
concerned with the theological
question of how a good God could
allow so much evil in the world.
a. True
b. False

30. 30
The Kabbalahists were deeply
concerned with the theological
question of how a good God could
allow so much evil in the world.
a. True
b. False