Unit 5: Quiz

Below is a sample of questions that will appear on the quiz. Use them to guide your reading. A subset of these will appear on the quiz. 

 Chapter 8

1. Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis?

2. The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is

3. Zionism is

4. The Hebrew Bible sees history as

5. The moral conscience of the Hebrew people was the

6. According to the Book of Exodus, what disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians?

7. The Jewish view of God is best expressed as

8. The Torah is

9. The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the Hebrew religion, in that afterward,

10. The Talmud is

11. The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is

12. Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The part which encourages non-literal, individual interpretation of traditional beliefs is called

13. When the Jewish boy turns thirteen, he is considered an adult in the religious community. This ceremony takes its name from his new status:

14. Which division of modern Judaism stresses careful keeping of dietary laws and separate social roles for men and women?

15. Which Jewish festival recalls the liberation of the Hebrews from oppression in Egypt?

16. Which book is part of the Torah, or Pentateuch?

17. The Reform movement

18. The three categories of the Hebrew Bible are

19. The Sadducees were

20. The Jewish Sabbath is kept from

21. The biblical book of song lyrics sung in worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem is

22. Jewish dietary laws forbid eating

23. The Jewish New Year occurs at what time of year?

24. Passover occurs at what time of year?

25. During what festival are Jewish children given presents for eight days?

26. The Hebrew verb for “to be” is etymologically associated with the name of

27. Which Jewish faction is the ancestor of rabbinical Judaism?

28. The southern kingdom was destroyed in 586 B.C.E. by

29. Sephardic Jews have lived primarily in

30. The common language of the Sephardic Jews was

31. The Yiddish language, though written in Hebrew characters, is a type of

32. The first two kings of the Israelite kingdom were

33. According to dietary law kept by traditionalist Jews, what items may not be eaten at the same meal?

34. According to some traditionalists, the command not to work on the Sabbath includes

35. Another name for the Torah is

36. In the biblical account, Adam lived to be how old?

37. “Canaan” refers to

38. “Covenant” means

39. The Hebrew ancestor who, according to the Bible, first settled in Egypt was