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Maccabee Quiz 2023

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who conquered the Babylonians while the Jews were still in exile?

a)

Romans

b)

Greeks

c)

Assyrians

d)

Persians

2.

Which of the Alexander the Great's successors inherited the land of the Egypt?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Seleucus

c)

Antiochus

d)

Mattathias

3.

Which of Alexander the Great's successors inherited the eastern half of his empire based in Babylon?

a)

Mattathias

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Seleucus

d)

Antiochus

4.

What was the name of Alexander the Great's homeland?

a)

Susa

b)

Babylon

c)

Macedonia

d)

Nineveh

5.

What was the name of the priest who started the conflict by killing the Seleucid messenger?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Menelaus

c)

Antiochus

d)

Mattathias

6.

Which word means "loyal ones?"

a)

Hasidim

b)

Diaspora

c)

Essenes

d)

Sadducees

7.

What is Zoroastrianism?

a)

Persian Religion

b)

Greek Religion

c)

Egyptian Religion

d)

Babylonian Religion

8.

Which of the following groups wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

a)

Pharisees

b)

Sadducees

c)

Essenes

d)

Hasidim

9.

What was the name of the Jewish dynasty that came out of the Maccabee war?

a)

Edomite

b)

Idumean

c)

Hasmonean

d)

Windsor

10.

How many deuterocanonical books are there?

a)

Two

b)

Five

c)

Seven

d)

Three

11.

What type of writing do we find in 1 and 2 Maccabees

a)

Apocryphal

b)

Prophetic

c)

Wisdom

d)

Propaganda

12.

What spells out, "A great miracle happened there?"

a)

Menorah

b)

Dreidel

c)

Latkes

d)

Hanukkah

13.

What are Latkes made out of?

a)

Soy

b)

Potatoes

c)

Wheat

d)

Corn

14.

What Jewish word means "hammer"?

a)

Dreidel

b)

Hasidim

c)

Maccabee

d)

Latke

15.

Hellenism can best be described as...

a)

Roman Culture

b)

Egyptian Culture

c)

Persian Culture

d)

Greek Culture