Shmuel I Perakim 8-9

What were the names of Shmuel's two sons?

• Yoel and Aviyah

• Yossi and Avner

• Chayim and Chatzkel

• Menashe and Ephraim

How did Shmuel's sons behave differently from their father?

• They refused to be judges and wanted to choose their own careers

• They would take too much meat from korbanot

• They would give people bad advice

• They wouldn't travel around Eretz Yisrael, and made the people come to them for judgment

What reason did the elders give for requesting a king?

• They wanted to fulfill the mitzvah of appointing a king

• They wanted to be like all the other nations

• They thought it would be more glamorous

• They felt that they'd be able to control a king more easily than a judge

How did Shmuel first react when the elders requested a king?

• He was relieved

• He was upset

• He was enthusiastically in favor of it

• He started to scream at them

What did Hashem say to reassure Shmuel about the fact that the nation wanted a king?

• "It's not you that they're rejecting--it's Me"

• "Having a king will be good for them"

• "I will make sure to select the king who will keep them in line"

• Hashem said nothing about it

What did Shmuel do to try to persuade the elders to change their minds about appointing a king?

• He told them that Hashem was angry with them

• He described the unlimited power that a king would have

• He cried and pleaded with them

• He refused to be involved in any way

How could a king exercise his power?

• By making people's children into his servants

• By confiscating their land for his own uses

• By taking their animals and property for himself

• All of the above

What kind of mitzvah is the command to appoint a king?

• A Mitzvah Kiyumit (can choose to voluntarily fulfill it)

• A Mitzvat Asei She'hazman G'rama (positive mitzvah that is done at a specific time only)

• A Mitzvah Chiyuvit (an obligation that must be fulfilled)

• A or C, it's a machloket

Who was Kish?

• A man from Shevet Naftali

• A man from Shevet Binyamin

• A man from Shevet Yissachar

• A man from Shevet Zevulun

Who was the son of Kish?

• Shaul

• Shmuel

• David

• The navi doesn't tell us his name