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Mishna History - Generations 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was smuggled out of Jerusalem in a coffin?

a)

Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai

b)

Hillel

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh

2.

What did Rabbi Akiva's father-in-law think of him?

a)

He disowned him

b)

He encouraged him in his studies

c)

He found him decent

d)

He didn't know him at all

3.

Who did the Romans kill the rabbis in front of?

a)

Everyone who came to watch

b)

the Sanhedrin

c)

the Galactic Senate

d)

Jesus

4.

Rabban Gamliel II's family died when the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What happened to Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya when he became Nasi?

a)

his hair turned white overnight

b)

he was poisoned

c)

he magically turned 70 years old

d)

he went to learn in kindergarten

6.

Which of these was kicked out of the Sanhedrin?

a)

Rabban Gamliel II

b)

Rabban Gamliel I

c)

Shammai

d)

Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai

7.

Which of these was NOT one of Rabban Yochanan's wishes?

a)

Give me Yavneh and its sages

b)

Save Gamliel II

c)

Heal Rabbi Tzadok

d)

Make my hair turn white

8.

Which of these was NOT true of Josephus?

a)

He surrendered to the Romans at Gamla

b)

He was taken to Rome

c)

He wrote a book about the history of the Jews

d)

He died in the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash

9.

The Sanhedrin moved from Jerusalem to Yavneh

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Rabbi Akiva had enough money to give his wife a "golden Jerusalem".

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was Bar Kochba's real name?

a)

Shimon ben Gamliel

b)

Shimon bar Giora

c)

Shimon bar Koziba

d)

bar Kochba was his real name

12.

Which of these did Rabbi Eliezer NOT use to prove he was right?

a)

an oven that burned

b)

a river that flowed backwards

c)

a carob tree that was uprooted

d)

a heavenly voice (bat kol)

13.

Bar Kochba was initially successful at rebelling against the Romans.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What did the Romans rename Jerusalem?

a)

Aelia Capitolina

b)

Colleseum

c)

Palestina

d)

Yavneh

15.

What did Rabbi Yishmael write? (2 ANSWERS)

a)

a book of Midrash halacha

b)

a book called Mechilta D'Rabbi Yishmael

c)

a book of Rashi

d)

a book called the Mishna

16.

Why did the rabbis go to Rome?

a)

to ask to have the Beit HaMikdash rebuilt

b)

to ask for lower taxes

c)

to make friends with Nerva

d)

to change the name of Judea to Palistina

17.

Who were the people who stabbed their enemies with daggers?

a)

Sicarii

b)

Zealots

c)

Rabbis

d)

Bar Kochba rebellers

18.

What was Masada famous for? (2 ANSWERS)

a)

the last stand of the war where they committed suicide

b)

the place where the Sanhedrin was

c)

the place where Josephus was captured

d)

the place Herod built as a hideout

19.

Which Roman emperor crushed the Bar Kochba revolt?

a)

Hadrian

b)

Vespasian

c)

Gamliel

d)

Domitian

20.

Which rabbi's students were killed in the Bar Kochba revolt?

a)

Rabbi Akiva

b)

Rabbi Yehoshua

c)

Rabban Gamliel

d)

Rabbi Eliezer