Question Bank for Grade 8 Religious Studies

What does "girds her loins" mean?

• Putting on a gartel

• Getting another life in a game

• It's an expression of preparing and readying herself

• It's an expression of working hard

Who was constantly preparing for the future, for the גאולה?

• מרים הנביאה

• יעל

• חנה הנביאה

• יוכבד

Which woman does "טָעֲמָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב סַחְרָ֑הּ לֹֽא־יִכְבֶּ֖ה בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֵרָֽהּ" refer to?

• מרים הנביאה

• יעל

• חנה הנביאה

• יוכבד

How did יעל kill סיסרא?

• On the battlefield, with a sword

• With a slingshot

• In her tent, she put him to sleep, and then used the tent peg

• She didn't kill him

"ותקם בעוד לילה" refers to which woman?

• Leah

• Rochel

• Basya

• Sara

What does לילה refer to in her case?

• Dark time for the Jews

• Regular night time

• Death of her family

• She was depressed

What is raising a child similar to?

• working on a report

• planting a vineyard

• planting crops

• starting a business

What path did Leah expect her life to take?

• She thought she would have to marry Esav

• She knew she would marry Yaakov

• She thought she would never get married

• She thought she would stay a shepherdess forever

דָּרְשָׁה צֶֽמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים, וַתַּֽעַשׂ בְּחֵֽפֶץ כַּפֶּֽיהָ refers to:

True or False:

Leah sat back and let life run its course the way she assumed it would be

• True

• False