Q 01/05

Purim commemorates the rescue of the Jews living under which ancient power?

A) The Persians (Achaemenids)

B) The Babylonians

C) The Assyrians

D) The Seleucid Greeks

Answer · why

A) The Persians (Achaemenids)

The villain was the royal vizier, and the heroine was a Jewish queen who hid her origins.

Q 02/05

What does the Hebrew word Purim literally mean?

A) Scrolls

B) Lots

C) Masks

D) Feasts

Answer · why

B) Lots

Haman cast lots to choose the date of the massacre, and the holiday took its name from them.

Q 03/05

From which language did Hebrew borrow the word pur, 'lot'?

A) Aramaic

B) Greek

C) Akkadian

D) Persian

Answer · why

C) Akkadian

Esther 9:26 explains that the days were called Purim after the name pur.

Q 04/05

On which day of the Hebrew month of Adar is Purim celebrated?

A) 15th

B) 20th

C) 25th

D) 14th

Answer · why

D) 14th

In leap years it falls in Adar II, which happens seven times every 19 years.

Q 05/05

Which part of the Bible tells the story behind Purim?

A) The Book of Esther

B) The Book of Ruth

C) The Book of Daniel

D) The Book of Judith

Answer · why

A) The Book of Esther

Read aloud in synagogue on the holiday, it is known simply as 'the Megillah', the Scroll.