1. What do the scriptures of the Jews and the Pentateuch refer to?

a) Non-Canonical Feasts
b) Certain feasts of the Jews
c) All Jewish traditions
d) Modern Jewish celebrations
Answer: b) Certain feasts of the Jews
2. When did the other feasts observed by the Jews originate?
a) During the Pentateuch's formation
b) In the course of their later history
c) During the canonical era
d) In the modern period
Answer: b) In the course of their later history
3. How can Jewish Feasts be generally divided?
a) Traditional and Modern
b) Scriptural and Historical
c) Canonical and Non-Canonical
d) Sacred and Secular
Answer: c) Canonical and Non-Canonical
4. Which category of Jewish Feasts is mentioned as part of their scriptures?
a) Non-Canonical Feasts
b) Secular Feasts
c) Canonical Feasts
d) Traditional Feasts
Answer: c) Canonical Feasts
5. What does the first group of Jewish feasts consist of?
a) Feasts developed during later stages
b) Feasts prescribed in the scriptures
c) Modern celebrations
d) Unscripted traditions
Answer: b) Feasts prescribed in the scriptures
6. What does the second group of Jewish feasts refer to?
a) Feasts prescribed in the Pentateuch
b) Feasts that developed during later stages
c) Festivals celebrated globally
d) Canonical feasts
Answer: b) Feasts that developed during later stages
7. Which of the following is a major canonical feast?
a) Purim
b) Hanukkah
c) Passover
d) Day of Atonement
Answer: c) Passover
8. What is another name for the Feast of Dedication?
a) Yom Kippur
b) Hanukkah
c) Pentecost
 d) Feast of Tabernacles
Answer: b) Hanukkah
9. Which of the following is an important non-canonical feast?
a) Feast of Unleavened Bread
b) Feast of Tabernacles
c) Purim
d) The Pentecost
Answer: c) Purim
10. Which festival emerged as an important event besides the canonical and non-
canonical feasts?
a) Feast of Unleavened Bread
b) Feast of Tabernacles
c) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
d) Pentecost
Answer: c) Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
11. What does Exodus 23:14-17 provide instructions for?
a) Celebrating non-canonical feasts
b) Observing the three major feasts
c) Organizing social gatherings
d) Observing the Sabbath
Answer: b) Observing the three major feasts
12. What is the calendar of feasts connected with?
a) Lunar cycles
b) Agricultural seasons of Israel
c) Political events
d) Ancient trade practices
Answer: b) Agricultural seasons of Israel
13. When was the Feast of Unleavened Bread observed?
a) In the month of Abib
b) During the Feast of Dedication
c) At the end of the harvest season
d) When the Day of Atonement was celebrated
Answer: a) In the month of Abib
14. What is another name for the Feast of Harvest?
a) Feast of Unleavened Bread
b) Feast of Dedication
c) Festival of First Fruits
d) Feast of Ingathering
Answer: c) Festival of First Fruits
15. When was the Feast of Ingathering celebrated?
a) At the beginning of the year
b) During the Day of Atonement
c) At the end of the harvest season
d) In the month of Abib
Answer: c) At the end of the harvest season
16. What was required of all men during these three feasts?
a) To gather their harvest
b) To offer sacrifices at home
c) To appear before God
d) To recite the scriptures
Answer: c) To appear before God
17. Which verses emphasize the requirement for men to appear before God during the
three feasts?
a) Exodus 20:10 and 21:5
b) Exodus 23:17 and 34:23
c) Leviticus 19:18 and 20:13
d) Numbers 15:29 and 16:14
Answer: b) Exodus 23:17 and 34:23
18. What does the Feast of Unleavened Bread commemorate?
a) The giving of the Ten Commandments
b) God's liberation of the Israelites from Egypt
c) The first harvest of the year
d) The dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem
Answer: b) God's liberation of the Israelites from Egypt
19. When does the Feast of Unleavened Bread begin according to the Jewish calendar?
a) 1st of Abib
b) 10th of Abib
c) 14th of Abib
d) 15th of Abib
Answer: c) 14th of Abib
20. For how many days were the Jews required to eat unleavened bread?
a) Five days
b) Seven days
c) Ten days
d) Fifteen days
Answer: b) Seven days
21. What was the unleavened bread a symbol of?
a) Prosperity and peace
b) Affliction and haste
c) Joy and abundance
d) Unity and strength
Answer: b) Affliction and haste
22. Which of the following is true about the Passover according to the paragraph?
a) It was originally a pilgrimage feast.
b) It was a ritual of nomadic herds.
c) It was a Canaanite agricultural festival.
d) It was always celebrated at the Temple.
Answer: b) It was a ritual of nomadic herds.
23. Who made the Passover an annual pilgrimage feast at Jerusalem?
a) King David
b) King Solomon
 c) King Josiah
d) King Hezekiah
Answer: c) King Josiah
24. Why was the Passover originally observed in Jewish homes?
a) It was a public festival.
b) The feast was prepared according to the size of the household.
c) It was mandated by the priests.
d) It was only symbolic and not celebrated communally.
Answer: b) The feast was prepared according to the size of the household.
25. What did the Angel of Death do during the Passover?
a) Took the lives of all the firstborn in Egypt.
b) Passed over the houses of those who observed the feast.
c) Protected the Israelites from the Canaanites.
d) Announced the liberation of the Israelites.
Answer: b) Passed over the houses of those who observed the feast.
26. What two origins are combined in the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the
Passover?
a) Nomadic herds and Canaanite agricultural festival
b) Jewish liberation and Roman rituals
c) Household rituals and pilgrimage ceremonies
d) Temple dedication and harvest celebration
Answer: a) Nomadic herds and Canaanite agricultural festival
27. What scripture describes the redemption of the firstborn during the Passover?
a) Leviticus 23:5
b) Deuteronomy 16:3
c) Exodus 12:13
d) Numbers 28:16-17
Answer: c) Exodus 12:13
28. What is another name for the "Feast of Weeks"?
a) Feast of Tabernacles
b) Feast of Unleavened Bread
c) Feast of First Fruits
d) Feast of Atonement
Answer: c) Feast of First Fruits
29. How long after the Feast of Unleavened Bread is the Feast of Weeks observed?
a) Five days
b) Seven weeks
c) Fifty days
d) Forty days
Answer: b) Seven weeks
30. How many days is the Feast of Weeks observed for?
a) One day
b) Seven days
c) Three days
d) Fifty days
Answer: a) One day
31. What does the word 'Pentecost' mean?
a) Seven
b) First fruits
c) Fifty
d) Atonement
Answer: c) Fifty
32. What were the Jews commanded not to do on the day of the Feast of Weeks?
a) Eat unleavened bread
b) Appear empty-handed before the Lord
c) Work in their fields
d) Travel to neighboring towns
Answer: b) Appear empty-handed before the Lord
33. What special offering was required on the Feast of Weeks?
a) Only drink-offerings
b) A meat-offering
c) An offering of atonement in addition to meat and drink-offerings
d) Offerings of grain and livestock only
Answer: c) An offering of atonement in addition to meat and drink-offerings
34. Which scripture specifies the requirement for special offerings during the Feast of
Weeks?
a) Deuteronomy 16:16-17
b) Numbers 28:26-31
c) Exodus 23:14-17
d) Leviticus 23:17-20
Answer: b) Numbers 28:26-31
35. Which book of the Bible states that the Feast of Weeks should not be observed
empty-handed?
a) Exodus
b) Leviticus
c) Deuteronomy
d) Numbers
Answer: c) Deuteronomy
36. When is the Feast of Tabernacles observed?
a) After the harvest is completed
b) During the first month of the Jewish calendar
c) Seven weeks after the Feast of Unleavened Bread
d) At the beginning of spring
Answer: a) After the harvest is completed
37. What activity is central to the Feast of Tabernacles?
a) Sacrificing animals
b) Living in booths or tabernacles for a week
c) Offering the first fruits
d) Observing a day of atonement
Answer: b) Living in booths or tabernacles for a week
38. What does the Feast of Tabernacles commemorate?
a) The giving of the Ten Commandments
 b) The Israelites living in booths in the desert
c) The liberation from Egypt
d) The first harvest of the year
Answer: b) The Israelites living in booths in the desert
39. On what date does the Feast of Tabernacles begin?
a) 15th day of the seventh month (Thishri)
b) 14th day of the first month (Abib)
c) 10th day of the seventh month (Thishri)
d) 7th day of the third month (Sivan)
Answer: a) 15th day of the seventh month (Thishri)
40. When was the Feast of Tabernacles observed as a pilgrim festival?
a) During the reign of King David
b) During the post-exilic period
c) During the Exodus
d) In the time of King Josiah
Answer: b) During the post-exilic period
41. Which scriptures describe the timing of the Feast of Tabernacles?
a) Deuteronomy 16:13 and Ezra 3:4
b) Leviticus 23:33-36 and Deuteronomy 16:13
c) Zechariah 14:16-19 and Numbers 28:26
d) Exodus 23:14 and Deuteronomy 5:6
Answer: b) Leviticus 23:33-36 and Deuteronomy 16:13
42. What is the significance of collecting grain and wine for this feast?
a) It marks the beginning of spring.
b) It is a preparation for the Feast of Atonement.
c) It signifies the end of the agricultural year.
d) It symbolizes abundance and prosperity.
Answer: c) It signifies the end of the agricultural year.
43. Which book of the Bible mentions the Feast of Tabernacles being celebrated after
the exile?
a) Leviticus
b) Ezra
c) Exodus
d) Numbers
Answer: b) Ezra
44. Where does the Feast of Tabernacles fall in the sequence of Jewish festivals?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Last
Answer: d) Last
45. Which book of the Bible ties the Feast of Tabernacles to living in booths?
a) Deuteronomy
b) Leviticus
c) Zechariah
 d) Numbers
Answer: b) Leviticus
46. Which additional feasts are included in the list of Canonical Feasts?
a) Feast of Atonement and Feast of First Fruits
b) Sabbath, Sabbatical Year, and Yobel Year
c) Feast of Dedication and Purim
d) Feast of Weeks and Feast of Tabernacles
Answer: b) Sabbath, Sabbatical Year, and Yobel Year
47. What do the periods of seven days, seven years, and fifty years symbolize for the
Israelites?
a) Times of abundance
b) Times of rest set apart for the Lord
c) Periods of judgment
d) Agricultural cycles
Answer: b) Times of rest set apart for the Lord
48. What event inspired the observance of the Sabbath according to Exodus 20:8-11?
a) The giving of the Ten Commandments
b) God's act of Creation
c) The liberation of Israelites from Egypt
d) The Feast of First Fruits
Answer: b) God's act of Creation
49. Which scripture links the Sabbath to the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt?
a) Genesis 2:1-3
b) Deuteronomy 5:12-15
c) Leviticus 23:10-12
d) Numbers 28:1-10
Answer: b) Deuteronomy 5:12-15
50. What were the Israelites directed to do on the Sabbath?
a) Fast throughout the day
b) Make special offerings
c) Gather their harvest
d) Travel to neighboring towns
Answer: b) Make special offerings
51. What scripture specifies the offerings to be made on the Sabbath?
a) Exodus 23:12
b) Numbers 28:1-10
c) Deuteronomy 5:12-15
d) Leviticus 23:6-8
Answer: b) Numbers 28:1-10
52. What is the Yobel Year also known as?
a) Year of Atonement
b) Year of Jubilee
c) Year of Harvest
d) Year of Dedication
Answer: b) Year of Jubilee
53. What was the primary focus of Sabbatical and Yobel years?
a) Rest and dedication to the Lord
b) Preparing for the next harvest
c) Offering additional sacrifices
d) Celebrating the first fruits
Answer: a) Rest and dedication to the Lord
54. What was the seventh year known as in the Jewish calendar?
a) Jubilee year
b) Sabbatical year
c) Year of Dedication
d) Year of Harvest
Answer: b) Sabbatical year
55. What was the primary agricultural practice during the Sabbatical year?
a) Double harvesting
b) Leaving the land fallow
c) Planting special crops
d) Offering the first fruits
Answer: b) Leaving the land fallow
56. What was the purpose of the harvest from the sixth year during the Sabbatical
year?
a) It was sold to neighboring nations.
b) It was stored for use in the next three years.
c) It was used exclusively for temple offerings.
d) It was divided among the priests.
Answer: b) It was stored for use in the next three years.
57. Who was allowed to glean the yield from leftover crops during the Sabbatical
year?
a) Priests and Levites
b) Foreign travelers
c) Orphans, the poor, and widows
d) The wealthiest landowners
Answer: c) Orphans, the poor, and widows
58. What significant social practice was observed during the Sabbatical year?
a) Offering additional sacrifices
b) Liberating slaves
c) Building new tabernacles
d) Hosting pilgrimage feasts
Answer: b) Liberating slaves
59. Which scripture mentions that the land is God’s gift to mankind?
a) Exodus 21:2-6
b) Leviticus 25:4
c) Numbers 28:1-10
d) Deuteronomy 16:1-3
Answer: b) Leviticus 25:4
60. What provision is stated in Leviticus 25:21 regarding the sixth year's harvest?
a) It would be used as a sacrifice.
 b) It would last for the next three years.
c) It would be shared equally among the tribes.
d) It would be offered to the Levites.
Answer: b) It would last for the next three years.
61. Which scripture specifies the liberation of slaves during the Sabbatical year?
a) Exodus 21:2-6
b) Exodus 23:10-11
c) Leviticus 25:6
d) Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Answer: a) Exodus 21:2-6
62. What is another name for the Yobel Year?
a) Sabbatical Year
b) Year of Deliverance
c) Year of Sacrifice
d) Year of Ingathering
Answer: b) Year of Deliverance
63. How often was the Yobel Year observed?
a) Every seven years
b) Every fifty years
c) Every ten years
d) Every twelve years
Answer: b) Every fifty years
64. What significant act was performed at the start of the Yobel Year?
a) Offering the first fruits
b) Proclaiming liberty and sounding trumpets
c) Sacrificing an unblemished lamb
d) Celebrating a week-long festival
Answer: b) Proclaiming liberty and sounding trumpets
65. What was one of the key practices during the Yobel Year?
a) People were to fast for 50 days.
b) Every man was allowed to return to his possession.
c) New tabernacles were constructed.
d) Tithes were doubled for the priests.
Answer: b) Every man was allowed to return to his possession.
66. How was the Yobel Year similar to the Sabbatical Year?
a) Both required fasting and sacrifices.
b) Both were observed by leaving the land fallow.
c) Both involved the liberation of slaves.
d) Both were observed by collecting a special harvest.
Answer: b) Both were observed by leaving the land fallow.
67. Which scripture details the observance of the Yobel Year?
a) Leviticus 25:8-55, 27:17-24
b) Exodus 21:2-6
c) Numbers 28:1-10
d) Deuteronomy 16:9-11
Answer: a) Leviticus 25:8-55, 27:17-24
68. What was the primary purpose of the Yobel Year?
a) To celebrate the harvest season
b) To proclaim liberty and restore possessions
c) To honor the priests and Levites
d) To commemorate the Exodus
Answer: b) To proclaim liberty and restore possessions
69. What instrument was sounded to mark the beginning of the Yobel Year?
a) Cymbals
b) Trumpets
c) Drums
d) Harps
Answer: b) Trumpets
70. When is the Day of Atonement observed?
a) 14th day of the first month
b) 10th day of the seventh month
c) 15th day of the seventh month
d) 1st day of the new year
Answer: b) 10th day of the seventh month
71. What is the Day of Atonement also known as?
a) Yom Kippur
b) Purim
c) Hanukkah
d) Passover
Answer: a) Yom Kippur
72. What is required to be done on the Day of Atonement?
a) Rejoicing and feasting
b) Fasting
c) Offering first fruits
d) Building tabernacles
Answer: b) Fasting
73. On the Day of Atonement, the High Priest enters which area of the sanctuary?
a) Outer sanctuary
b) Holy of Holies
c) The temple courtyard
d) The altar of incense
Answer: b) Holy of Holies
74. What does the High Priest offer on the Day of Atonement?
a) Grain offerings
b) Incense and blood offering
c) First fruits
d) Sacrificial animals for all the people
Answer: b) Incense and blood offering
75. What is the purpose of the scapegoat on the Day of Atonement?
a) To represent the first fruits of the harvest
b) To carry the sins and iniquities of the people into the wilderness
c) To be sacrificed for the sins of the priests
 d) To offer forgiveness for all people
Answer: b) To carry the sins and iniquities of the people into the wilderness
76. Which animal is offered for the sake of the priests on the Day of Atonement?
a) A goat
b) A bullock
c) A lamb
d) A pigeon
Answer: b) A bullock
77. What is the ritual involving the goat on the Day of Atonement?
a) It is sacrificed for the people's sins.
b) It is set free to wander in the wilderness.
c) It is used for the burnt offerings.
d) It is released to the sea.
Answer: a) It is sacrificed for the people's sins.
78. What are the three cultic rituals observed on the Day of Atonement?
a) Offering a bullock, a goat, and a scapegoat
b) Fasting, feasting, and sacrificing
c) Offering first fruits, a bull, and bread
d) Burning incense, offering grain, and sacrificing a lamb
Answer: a) Offering a bullock, a goat, and a scapegoat
79. Which book of the Bible provides the instructions for the Day of Atonement?
a) Genesis
b) Leviticus
c) Deuteronomy
d) Exodus
Answer: b) Leviticus
80. What does the word 'Purim' mean?
a) Feast
b) Lot
c) Deliverance
d) Victory
Answer: b) Lot
81. On which day of the Jewish calendar is Purim observed?
a) 1st of Nisan
b) 14th of Adar
c) 10th of Tishri
d) 15th of Kislev
Answer: b) 14th of Adar
82. What event does Purim commemorate?
a) The Exodus from Egypt
b) The deliverance of Jews from Haman through Queen Esther
c) The rebuilding of the temple
d) The crossing of the Red Sea
Answer: b) The deliverance of Jews from Haman through Queen Esther
83. Which book of the Bible recounts the story of Purim?
a) Exodus
 b) Leviticus
c) Esther
d) Daniel
Answer: c) Esther
84. What is another name for Purim?
a) Day of Esther
b) Day of Mordecai
c) Day of Deliverance
d) Day of Fasting
Answer: b) Day of Mordecai
85. What type of festival is Purim considered?
a) Festival of Mourning
b) Festival of Repentance
c) Festival of Light
d) Festival of First Fruits
Answer: c) Festival of Light
86. Which scripture references the events leading to the celebration of Purim?
a) Esther 9:24 onwards
b) Genesis 12:1-3
c) 1 Maccabees 3:12
d) Deuteronomy 16:10-12
Answer: a) Esther 9:24 onwards
87. Who played a key role in the deliverance of the Jews during Purim?
a) King Saul
b) Queen Esther
c) King David
d) Prophet Samuel
Answer: b) Queen Esther
88. What is another name for Hanukkah?
a) Feast of Harvest
b) Feast of Passover
c) Feast of Dedication
d) Feast of First Fruits
Answer: c) Feast of Dedication
89. What event does Hanukkah commemorate?
a) The Exodus from Egypt
b) The defeat of Antiochus IV by Judas Maccabees
c) The birth of the Messiah
d) The crossing of the Red Sea
Answer: b) The defeat of Antiochus IV by Judas Maccabees
90. Who was the leader of the Hasmonean tribes during the events of Hanukkah?
a) King Saul
b) Judas Maccabees
c) King David
d) Solomon
Answer: b) Judas Maccabees
91. What significant action did Judas Maccabees and his troops perform during
Hanukkah?
a) Built a new temple
b) Defeated the Roman Empire
c) Reclaimed and purified the Temple of Jerusalem
d) Established the Sabbath
Answer: c) Reclaimed and purified the Temple of Jerusalem
92. On which day of the Jewish calendar does Hanukkah begin?
a) 1st day of Nisan
b) 25th day of Kislev
c) 10th day of Tishri
d) 14th day of Adar
Answer: b) 25th day of Kislev
93. How long does the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) last?
a) 5 days
b) 7 days
c) 8 days
d) 10 days
Answer: c) 8 days
94. Which scripture mentions Jesus Christ attending the Feast of Dedication?
a) Matthew 2:1-2
b) Luke 12:1
c) John 10:22
d) Mark 5:25
Answer: c) John 10:22
95. What was the Temple of Jerusalem defiled by before its purification during
Hanukkah?
a) The sacrifice of profane animals
b) Pagan idols
c) Destruction by the Romans
d) Gold and silver offerings
Answer: a) The sacrifice of profane animals