Test Four

Question 1

In order to survive as a people, the Jews in Palestine clung to those aspects of the culture which set them apart as unique such as

Answer 1

The developing canon of law and history

Sabbath observance

Their story of the exodus

Question 2

The Exile period ended with:

Answer 2

Ill-advised revolts by kings Jehoiakim and Zedekiah.

Question 3

One of the most fundamental changes during this period was:

Answer 3

An end to political independence.

Question 4

During this period the most important thing on note was:

Answer 4

The rebuilding of the temple and the priestly community

Question 5

Social mobility within the empire helped to

Answer 5

Find opportunities to advance to even the highest levels of government.

Question 6

Ezra was given extraordinary power to administer the province. His letter from the king instructed him to:

Answer 6

Exempt the Levites and priests from the payment of tolls, customs, and other duties.

Take with him any Jews who wished to return to Jerusalem.

Carry with him a great sum of gold and silver to buy animals for sacrifice.

Question 7

Starting with the Assyrian conquest and deportation of the people of Israel, and continuing with the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews were sent to all of these countries except:

Answer 7

The Asian Countries

Question 8

With time, many of the exiles became more a part of the land and culture of Mesopotamia speaking and writing in:

Answer 8

Aramaic

Question 9

The Murashu documents, found at the southern Mesopotamian city of Nippu provide this evidence of the cultural adaptation made by the exiled Jews.

Answer 9

No discrimination against them in matters of business.

Documentation that life in the exile was not too restrictive for the Jews.

Participated in a wide variety of occupations: date-grower, fisherman, and a goat-herder.

Question 10

Jerusalem’s new inhabitants completed fortification and gates of this small area of the total city including space for:

Answer 10

Housing for the temple servants and priests.

Shops for the tradesmen guilds and artisans, including jewelers.

Commercial and industrial districts.

Question 11

The governor’s residence at Lachish contained Persian architectural innovations including

Answer 11

The building also had a vaulted stone roof and arched doorways

Question 12

In order to settle into the community with acceptance:

Answer 12

Many of them married into the prominent Moabite, Ammonite, and Samaritan families of Judah and Samaria.

Question 13

Nehemiah’s ordering of strict endogamy (marriage within the group) had a variety of reason:

Answer 13

Marriage alliances with the noble families of Samaria threatened the political independence of the province of Judah.

Question 14

The road system, so important to communication and commerce, was maintained and expanded by the government, and caravans were protected by:

Answer 14

Soldiers and horsemen

Question 15

The two main types of tombs in Palestine were

Answer 15

The shaft tomb and the pit grave.

Question 16

Which of the following made it hard to worship away from the Jerusalem temple

Answer 16

A large numbers of priests and Levites who were taken into the exile.

Mixed worship of the Mesopotamian gods and the Yahweh religion.

The development of the synagogue or some similar place of non-sacrificial worship.

Question 17

While still subordinate to the “sons of Aaron” (Priests), the Levites had charge of the administrative duties that at least touched on worship including:

Answer 17

Service as a choir of thanksgiving during burnt offerings.

Question 18

The most important major religious festivals were:

Answer 18

Passover and the Feast of Un-leaven Bread in the first month

Question 19

Within the strict system of laws developed in the period after the exile, attention was given to:

Answer 19

Protecting the individual and the community from all forms of contamination.

Question 20

Since the biblical narrative concentrates on the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s temple and the wall, little is known about the dwellings of its inhabitants.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The role of the priest continued to grow in importance during the Helenistic and Roman periods

Answer 21

True

Question 22

The 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus suggests that their reluctance to return was based on their “being unwilling to leave their possessions.”

Answer 22

True

Question 23

One of the chief desires of the returning exiles was to settle quickly and profitably into community life in Palestine.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The religious festivals promoted an ingathering of the Jews from throughout the Near East to Jerusalem

Answer 24

True

Question 25

To participate fully in the religious activities of the community, a person had to be able to provide proof of occupation and livelihood

Answer 25

False

Question 26

This fullness of life may be one explanation of why many of the Jews chose to remain in exile after the Persian decree allowed them the opportunity to return to Palestine.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Some refugees who fled during the Babylonian conquest went to Egypt, while others scattered into the Trans-Jordanian kingdoms and the Judean wilderness.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The power vacuum left by the monarchy gave the priestly order new power as the arbitrators for the nation.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

During the Exilic period, the Jews were ruled as an Assyrian province by a succession of foreign masters and had a strictly limited autonomy in deciding local issues.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Jehoiachin, as a ruler in exile, sat at court in a place of honor, ate from the king’s table, and was granted a pension from the royal treasury for life.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Initially, a large group returned to Jerusalem with Sheshbazzar, the new Persian governor of Judea.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

Starting with the Assyrian conquest and deportation of the Israelites, and continuing with the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, a great Diaspora or scattering of the Jews began.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

In order to settle into the community with acceptance many of the Jewish men married into the prominent Moabite, Ammonite, and Samaritan families of Judah and Samaria.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

As years went by, many of the exiles became more a part of the land and culture of Mesopotamia speaking and writing in Aramaic.

Answer 34

True