WorksheetsMishna History - Generations 1-3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was smuggled out of Jerusalem in a coffin?
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai
Hillel
Taylor Swift
Rabban Gamliel II of Yavneh
What did Rabbi Akiva's father-in-law think of him?
He disowned him
He encouraged him in his studies
He found him decent
He didn't know him at all
Who did the Romans kill the rabbis in front of?
Everyone who came to watch
the Sanhedrin
the Galactic Senate
Jesus
Rabban Gamliel II's family died when the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed?
True
False
What happened to Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya when he became Nasi?
his hair turned white overnight
he was poisoned
he magically turned 70 years old
he went to learn in kindergarten
Which of these was kicked out of the Sanhedrin?
Rabban Gamliel II
Rabban Gamliel I
Shammai
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai
Which of these was NOT one of Rabban Yochanan's wishes?
Give me Yavneh and its sages
Save Gamliel II
Heal Rabbi Tzadok
Make my hair turn white
Which of these was NOT true of Josephus?
He surrendered to the Romans at Gamla
He was taken to Rome
He wrote a book about the history of the Jews
He died in the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash
The Sanhedrin moved from Jerusalem to Yavneh
True
False
Rabbi Akiva had enough money to give his wife a "golden Jerusalem".
True
False
What was Bar Kochba's real name?
Shimon ben Gamliel
Shimon bar Giora
Shimon bar Koziba
bar Kochba was his real name
Which of these did Rabbi Eliezer NOT use to prove he was right?
an oven that burned
a river that flowed backwards
a carob tree that was uprooted
a heavenly voice (bat kol)
Bar Kochba was initially successful at rebelling against the Romans.
True
False
What did the Romans rename Jerusalem?
Aelia Capitolina
Colleseum
Palestina
Yavneh
What did Rabbi Yishmael write? (2 ANSWERS)
a book of Midrash halacha
a book called Mechilta D'Rabbi Yishmael
a book of Rashi
a book called the Mishna
Why did the rabbis go to Rome?
to ask to have the Beit HaMikdash rebuilt
to ask for lower taxes
to make friends with Nerva
to change the name of Judea to Palistina
Who were the people who stabbed their enemies with daggers?
Sicarii
Zealots
Rabbis
Bar Kochba rebellers
What was Masada famous for? (2 ANSWERS)
the last stand of the war where they committed suicide
the place where the Sanhedrin was
the place where Josephus was captured
the place Herod built as a hideout
Which Roman emperor crushed the Bar Kochba revolt?
Hadrian
Vespasian
Gamliel
Domitian
Which rabbi's students were killed in the Bar Kochba revolt?
Rabbi Akiva
Rabbi Yehoshua
Rabban Gamliel
Rabbi Eliezer
