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Intertestamental Period

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Intertestamental Period was a:

a)

600 year gap between King David and the prophet Isaiah

b)

70 year period of Jewish exile in Babylon

c)

400 year gap between the events of the Old and New Testament

d)

3 day gap between Jesus' death and resurrection

2.

Which book of the Bible predicted most of the major events of the Intertestamental Period?

a)

Isaiah

b)

Exodus

c)

Malachi

d)

Daniel

3.

The Greek translation of the Old Testament was known as the:

a)

Septuagint

b)

Sanhedrin

c)

Menelaus

d)

Hellenism

4.

Which of the following people met during the Intertestamental Period?

a)

Ptolemy and Daniel

b)

Alexander the Great and Jaddua

c)

Antiochus IV and Jesus

d)

Onias III and General Pompei

5.

Half-Jews who lived to the North of Israel and had combined Jewish beliefs with paganism.

a)

Seluecids

b)

Ptolemies

c)

Pharisees

d)

Samaritans

6.

Which of the following is NOT one example of Hellenization that we discussed in class?

a)

Speaking Greek

b)

Taking on a Greek name

c)

Moving to Greece

d)

Taking part in Greek games

7.

How long did Antiochus IV's persecution of the Jews last?

a)

2300 days

b)

2 weeks

c)

198 years

d)

2 hours

8.

What significant movement did the priest Mattathias and his sons begin?

a)

The empire of Alexander the Great

b)

The Maccabean revolt

c)

The Hellenization of Jerusalem

d)

The creation of a Greek Old Testament

9.

What holiday was created when the Maccabees cleansed the Temple and found their little oil was enough for 8 days?

a)

Passover

b)

Hanukkah

c)

Easter

d)

Feast of Weeks

10.

Jews who wanted to adopt Greek ways eventually became the:

a)

Pharisees

b)

Sadducees

c)

Essees

d)

Zealots

11.

Pharisees could best be described as people who:

a)

Were open to change

b)

Cared little for religion

c)

Supported the Greeks and Romans

d)

Wanted to keep the Jewish traditions

12.

Which is the correct chronological order of who controlled Israel?

a)

Greeks, Persians, Romans, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Maccabees

b)

Maccabees, Persian, Seleucids, Ptolemies, Greeks, Romans

c)

Persians, Greeks, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Maccabees, Romans

d)

Ptolemies, Seleucids, Romans, Persians, Greeks, Maccabees