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Purim

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct Hebrew spelling of Purim

a)

פרים

b)

פרפרים

c)

פורים

d)

פארים

2.

What date do we celebrate Purim?

a)

14 of Chodesh Adar

b)

16 of Chodesh Adar

c)

14 of Chodesh Nisan

d)

16 of Chodesh Tishrei

3.

Where was the story of Purim set?

a)

Israel

b)

Canaan

c)

Egypt

d)

Persia

4.

Where is Persia located today?

a)

Egypt

b)

Israel

c)

Syria

d)

Iran

5.

Who wanted to destroy the Jewish people in this event?

a)

Mordechai

b)

Esther

c)

Haman

d)

Achashverosh

6.

what was the name of King Achashverosh's first wife?

a)

Esther

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Queen Elizabeth

d)

Vashti

7.

What happened to Vashti?

a)

She was executed

b)

She got a divorce

c)

She ran away

d)

She was sent to jail

8.

Who did the king pick for his second wife?

a)

Vashti

b)

Esther

c)

Miriam

d)

Leah

9.

What was the relationship between Mordechai and Esther?

a)

Father and daughter

b)

Cousins

c)

grandfather and granddaughter

d)

uncle and niece

10.

What was Esther hiding when she went to the king's court?

a)

her religion

b)

her pet cat

c)

her wardrobe

d)

her diary

11.

Who saved the king from a plot to kill him?

a)

Haman

b)

Esther

c)

Achashverosh

d)

Mordechai

12.

What made Haman so angry with Mordechai?

a)

His close relationship with Esther

b)

His close relationship with Achashverosh

c)

His refusal to bow before him

d)

His refusal to abandon Judaism

13.

Esther demonstrated the following by going to the king to save the Jews

a)

Risk taker

b)

thinking beyond herself

c)

initiative

d)

all of the above

14.

What is a mitzvah?

a)

tradition

b)

commandment

c)

a matzah is unleavened flat bread eaten on pesach

d)

juice

15.

What is a minhag?

a)

commandment

b)

tradition

c)

old bag

d)

holiday

16.

eating Hamantaschens is a

a)

mitzvah

b)

minhag

17.

Reading or listening to Megillat Esther being read is a

a)

mitzvah

b)

minhag

18.

Giving gifts to the poor

a)

minhag

b)

mitzvah

19.

giving gifts of food is

a)

minhag

b)

mitzvah

20.

giving gifts of food is called...

a)

mishloach manot

b)

matanot L'evyonim

21.

How many mitzvot are there in Purim?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

5

d)

3

22.

On the day before Purim we....

a)

celebrate

b)

eat a festive meal

c)

fast

d)

dress up in costumes

23.

We fast the day before Purim to...

a)

commemorate Esther fasting and praying to Hashem to save the Jews

b)

remember some people have no food

c)

make room for the festive meal

d)

prepare our bodies for all the Hamantaschen we eat the next day.

24.

How many times is Hashem mentioned in Megilat Esther?

a)

10

b)

0

c)

5

d)

1