Masada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? Judah the Prince Rabbi Akiva Josephus Hillel