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The Pentateuch Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the first five books of the Bible.

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
skylarb

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
183,598

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2547

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Jay072 (4/10), Guest 72 (5/10), Guest 149 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What has the Pentateuch also been known as? Hint

The Talmud

The Torah

The Kabalah

The Apocrypha

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Question 2 of 10

2. How old was Ishmael when he was circumcised? Hint

8 days

99 years

7 years

13 years

3. Jacob fell in love with Rachel and agreed to serve time as a servant to her father for her, but was tricked. He was then compelled to spend more time in service in order to marry her. In total, for how many years did he work for his father-in-law to marry both his daughters? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following is not one of the books of the Pentateuch? Hint

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Joshua

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who pleads: "Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father!" Hint

Esau

Isaac

Ishmael

Reuben

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Question 6 of 10

6. How often is the Year of Jubilee held? Hint

Every 3 years

Every 7 years

Every 50 years

Every 12 years

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which was NOT a name of Moses's father-in-law? Hint

Reuel

Jethro

Gershom

Hobab

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following was NEVER placed inside the Ark? Hint

Moses's staff

the stone tablets

Aaron's rod

manna

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Elleh haddebarim", the Hebrew title of the book we call Deuteronomy, means what? Hint

Second Law

In the Beginning

In the Wilderness

These are the Words

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Question 10 of 10

10. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. . . " - is known as what? Hint

The Debarim

The Mezzuzah

The Shema

The Aaronic Benediction

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What has the Pentateuch also been known as?

Answer: The Torah

Torah can be used specifically to refer to the first five books of the Bible or more generally to refer to the entirety of the Hebrew Bible and the commentary on it. The Apocrypha is a name given to those books of the Bible that are in the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testaments, but not in the Jewish or Protestant canons.

2. How old was Ishmael when he was circumcised?

Answer: 13 years

Now, the traditional time for the bris is at 8 days old, which was when Ishmael's younger half-brother Isaac was circumcised. The bar mitzvah, however, occurs at 13 years of age.

Answer: 14

He served seven, and was tricked by Laban into marrying Leah instead. He therefore had to serve another seven years, or fourteen years in total, for Rachel. Given the size of his family, it is very likely that he actually worked for Laban even longer than that, but the agreement was two lots of seven years.

4. Which of the following is not one of the books of the Pentateuch?

Answer: Joshua

The other two books of the Pentateuch are Numbers and Deuteronomy.

5. Who pleads: "Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father!"

Answer: Esau

Jacob, with the help of his mother, tricks his father Isaac into giving him his brother Esau's blessing. Esau then begs his father for a blessing also.

6. How often is the Year of Jubilee held?

Answer: Every 50 years

In the year of jubilee, the Jews had to free their slaves and return any land sales to the original family. So it wasn't so much a sale as a lease.

7. Which was NOT a name of Moses's father-in-law?

Answer: Gershom

Gershom was Moses's son. Moses's father-in-law is referred to by three different names in the Bible.

8. Which of the following was NEVER placed inside the Ark?

Answer: Moses's staff

The Ark of the Covenant has been lost to history, but it has a lively life in the realm of legend. There is a church in Ethiopia that claims to house the Ark.

9. "Elleh haddebarim", the Hebrew title of the book we call Deuteronomy, means what?

Answer: These are the Words

'Second Law' is closer to the meaning of the Greek title. The Hebrew title, however, means 'These are the Words'.

10. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. . . " - is known as what?

Answer: The Shema

Christ said that this was the first and greatest commandment.

Source: Author skylarb

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