Deck 3: Jewish Identity and Faith

Question 1

Rabbinic Judaism codified discussions, debates, and commentary on the Torah to form the

A) Bible.
B) Mishnah.
C) Torah.
D) Israeli Constitution.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Judaism, the ideal of life is

A) Eliminating desire.
B) Achieving balance and harmony with nature.
C) Strictly adhering to Jewish dogma.
D) Living in harmony with the will of God.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Of all the great world religions, in size Judaism is the

A) Second smallest.
B) Third largest.
C) Smallest.
D) Fourth largest.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What form of Judaism provided the expected norms for Jewish life from the sixth century ce until the emergence of modern forms of Judaism in the nineteenth century?

A) Rabbinic.
B) Orthodox.
C) Reform.
D) Conservative.

Question 5

According to Judaism, the way of life that God gave Israel to follow is embodied in the

A) 412 commandments.
B) 613 commandments.
C) 12 commandments.
D) 1,000 commandments.

Question 6

The Jewish movement that parallels Christianity's fundamentalist response to modernity is called

A) Orthodoxy.
B) Ultra-Orthodoxy.
C) Reconstructionism.
D) Reformism.

Question 7

The late-twentieth-century ultra-Orthodox movement sought to

A) Eliminate supernatural beliefs.
B) Eliminate ritual.
C) Eliminate Jewish ghettos.
D) Recapture the way of life of premodern Jews.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT included in the Tanakh?

A) Ketuvim.
B) Torah.
C) Revelation.
D) Neviim.

Question 9

Which movement would be MOST likely to accommodate the most aspects of modern secular life?

A) Reform Judaism.
B) Orthodox Judaism.
C) Conservative Judaism.
D) Hasidism.

Question 10

The two constellations of events that have shaped modern Judaism above all else are the

A) Enlightenment and the Holocaust/founding of the state of Israel.
B) Enlightenment and the Romantic period.
C) Nineteenth-century immigration to Israel and to the United States.
D) The Holocaust and the Romantic period.

Question 11

The influence of the ultra-Orthodox since the mid-1970s has

A) Declined slightly.
B) Increased.
C) Stayed about the same.
D) Fallen sharply.

Question 12

The Talmud is composed of the

A) Gemara and Mishnah.
B) Covenant and Gemara.
C) Halakhah and Mishnah.
D) Gemara and Halakhah.

Question 13

In the time of the judges, when a national crisis occurred, Israel looked to

A) A king to protect them.
B) Moses to lead them.
C) A charismatic leader called a shofet.
D) The Torah to shield them.

Question 14

Which group of Jews selected the scriptures that became the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible?

A) Sadducees.
B) Zealots.
C) Hellenists.
D) Pharisees.

Question 15

To understand the God of Israel, you would look to

A) History.
B) Nature.
C) Karma.
D) Ritual.

Question 16

The Second Temple Period ended with the

A) Greek rule.
B) Roman rule.
C) Babylonian rule.
D) Roman destruction of the temple.

Question 17

The king who first established Israel as a great nation was

A) Aaron.
B) David.
C) Solomon.
D) Abraham.

Question 18

The word "Diaspora" refers to

A) Jews escaping Babylon.
B) Jews dispersed throughout the world.
C) Compassionate justice.
D) Jews being the chosen people.

Question 19

After the destruction of the temple in 70 ce, which one of the following was NOT a reason that the Pharisees were able to provide new leadership?

A) They had remained politically neutral and, therefore, were not a threat to the Romans.
B) They were keepers of the written Torah.
C) They were keepers of the synagogue tradition.
D) They were keepers of the oral Torah.

Question 20

What one thing, especially, carried Jews forward after the devastation of the Holocaust?

A) The founding of the state of Israel.
B) Reparations from Germany.
C) Immigration to the United States.
D) Knowing they always had the Diaspora.

Question 21

Which Jewish holiday recalls God's liberation of the tribes of Israel from Egypt?

A) Yom Kippur.
B) The Sabbath.
C) Rosh Hashanah.
D) Passover.

Question 22

In medieval Europe, Jew were considered

A) Friends.
B) Rulers.
C) Outsiders.
D) None of the above.

Question 23

To teach a Jew how to walk with God, the Talmud focuses primarily on

A) Believing the stories.
B) Following the commandments.
C) Instructions for achieving a mystical experience.
D) Apocalyptic expectations.

Question 24

Hasidic Judaism emerged out of

A) The time of the judges.
B) The mystical impulse of the Kabbalah.
C) The creation story.
D) The prophets.

Question 25

For Reform Jews, the essence of Judaism is

A) Ethics.
B) Myth and ritual.
C) Supernatural beliefs.
D) Separation from other Jewish movements.

Question 26

Which holiday represents the Jewish New Year?

A) Passover.
B) The Sabbath.
C) Rosh Hashanah.
D) Hanukkah.

Question 27

The diaspora are the Jews who

A) Live in Israel.
B) Attend the Synagogue.
C) Live outside of the Holy Land.
D) Live in Rome.

Question 28

What movement marks the clear emergence of Jewish mysticism?

A) The Zealots.
B) The Kabbalists.
C) The Amoraim.
D) The Tannaim.

Question 29

In preparation for bar mitzvah, a boy must

A) Make pilgrimage.
B) Fast.
C) Undergo specific rabbinic training.
D) Reject the world.

Question 30

The Palestinian Liberation Organization began warfare against Israel after the

A) First Crusade.
B) 1973 War.
C) Last Crusade.
D) 1967 Six-Day War.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a movement that resulted from the first wave of Jewish responses to the emergence of a modern world?

A) Reform.
B) Orthodox.
C) Kabbalism.
D) Conservative.

Question 32

The European secularization of Jews along with political and economic success caused

A) The Crusades.
B) A racial backlash.
C) Preferred status for Jews.
D) World War I.

Question 33

The word "Zion" is an ancient biblical term that referred to what city?

A) Bethlehem.
B) Rome.
C) Nazareth.
D) Jerusalem.

Question 34

The Jewish socialists considered what feature to identify themselves?

A) Universal ethics.
B) Ethnicity.
C) Orthodox dogma.
D) Orthodox messianism.

Question 35

The students of which Rabbi were the primary shapers of the Mishnah?

A) Socrates.
B) David.
C) Aaron.
D) Hillel.

Question 36

The torah was given by God to

A) The Judges.
B) King David.
C) Moses.
D) Abraham.

Question 37

During the ritual of Bris milah, the male child is

A) Circumcised and vaccinated.
B) Circumcised and named.
C) Circumcised and baptized.
D) Given a charm.

Question 38

Which one of the following Jewish communities would embrace the ritual of bat mitzvah?

A) Orthodox.
B) Ultra-Orthodox.
C) Reform.
D) All of the above.

Question 39

After the burial of a loved one who has died, the immediate family of mourners remains at home for how long?

A) Three days.
B) Five days.
C) Seven days.
D) Twelve days.

Question 40

What event inspired the Jewish journalist Theodor Herzl to organize the political Zionist movement?

A) The Scopes Trial.
B) The Dreyfus Affair.
C) The Balfour Declaration.
D) Formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Question 41

The ultra-Orthodox movement seeks to partially separate from modernizing forms of Judaism and also the surrounding gentile world.

Question 42

Purim is the least raucous of all Jewish festivals.

Question 43

None of the modern forms of Judaism has anything in common with the others.

Question 44

King David was the first king of Israel.

Question 45

The ultra-Orthodox include a strain called the Hasidic movement.

Question 46

"Haredim" means a harem of 10 or more Jewish women.

Question 47

Orthodox Judaism arose to reinforce the teachings of the Reform movement.

Question 48

The rise of ultra-Orthodoxy furthers and supports the Zionistic movement.

Question 49

It was King David's son Solomon who established Israel as a nation.

Question 50

Conservative Judaism aimed for a positive historical Judaism.

Question 51

The Second Temple Period began with King Solomon.

Question 52

The Holocaust ended the tradition of Synagogue attendance.

Question 53

Modernists share fundamentalists' fear that time and history will raise questions about their sacred stories.

Question 54

Medieval Christians believed themselves to be God's chosen people.

Question 55

The late Middle Ages in Europe is understood as one of the safest times to be Jewish in the centuries leading up to the Holocaust.

Question 56

The Pharisees had a strong presence at the temple as part of the priestly tradition.

Question 57

In the first century, all sects agreed on the definition of "messiah."

Question 58

The Maccabean revolt occurred before the building of the temple.

Question 59

Religious Jews are a minority of the population in Israel.

Question 60

After the destruction of the second temple, the Pharisees successfully emerged as the new leaders.

Question 61

The ultra-Orthodox are not willing to negotiate some aspects of privatizing Judaism.

Question 62

The story of exile and return is not currently a part of Jewish thought.

Question 63

The Hellenists welcomed gentiles into the fold.

Question 64

After a boy becomes a bar mitzvah at age 13, he is considered an adult and can be part of a minyan.

Question 65

It was the teachings of Shammai in the first century that primarily shaped the emerging Talmudic tradition.

Question 66

The Pentateuch refers to the first five books found in the Hebrew Bible.

Question 67

Because the Talmud was completed by the sixth century, there is no possibility of continued development of the oral Torah.

Question 68

The prophets were visionaries and seers.

Question 69

For Jews studying the Talmud, God is in the questions even more than in the answers.

Question 70

The Torah dictates that circumcision is negotiable for male children born to Jewish mothers.

Question 71

Jewish women in Hassidic communities enjoy the most gender equality compared to other forms of Judaism.

Question 72

Of Hillel and Shammai, two leading teachers of oral tradition, Hillel interpreted the demands of the Torah more leniently and compassionately.

Question 73

The dual Torah refers to the sacred oral and written teachings concerning God's revelation to his people.

Question 74

Rabbinic Judaism developed the Talmud which provided Medieval Judaism with law and interpretation.

Question 75

The destruction of the temple in 70 ce increased the numbers of the diverse sects and movements in Judaism.

Question 76

To understand who the God of Israel is, you should look to history as the story of the Jewish people's journey through time.

Question 77

Hasidism emerged from the rabbinic tradition.

Question 78

The commandments of the Bible are the what of Judaism.

Question 79

The groom and bride stand as an image of Adam and Eve in the Jewish marriage ritual.

Question 80

In the ritual of Bris or Bit Milan, it is required of any male that he undergo _______ when eight days old.