Masada

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1. What does the name "Masada" mean? plateau mountain rock fortress

2. Who used Masada in the first century B.C. as a safe haven? Julius Caesar Herod the Great Vespasian Cleopatra

3. Which Roman general was in command of the Roman legions at Masada? Nerva Lucius Flavius Silva Cincinnatus Lucius Cornelius Sulla

4. Who was the Jewish leader of the forces at Masada? Zadok the Pharisee Judas of Galilee Eleazar ben Yair John of Gischala

5. To what radical group did the Jewish leader at Masada belong? Sicarii Pharisees Essenes Sadducees

6. Who was the Roman emperor at the time of the fall of Masada in 72-73 A.D.? Titus Nerva Domitian Vespasian

7. How did the Romans break down Jewish defenses at the siege of Masada? They sent archers up the Snake Path. All of these choices are correct. They besieged the fortress until the Jews ran out of food. They built a ramp and a battering ram.

8. All of the Jews on Masada committed suicide. True False

9. After the incident on Masada during the Jewish Wars, the site was abandoned. True False

10. Whose work is the sole record of the events that took place during the siege of Masada? Rabbi Akiva Judah the Prince Hillel Josephus