Purim Quiz

Purim is the most carnivalesque Jewish holiday. It is a day when norms are subverted and reversed to commemorate the reversal of fortune recorded in the Book of Esther. How much do you know about Purim?

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Question 1. Scholars believe the actual text of the Book of Esther was written
 By an eyewitness to the events
 During the First Temple period
 During the Second Temple period
 In the 2nd century

 

Question 2. The comic plays performed on Purim are called
 Purim shtick
 Purim shpiels
 Purim farbrengen
 Purim epics

 

Question 3. Written evidence of Purim shpiels (Yiddish for "Purim play") exists in Europe dating back to the
 4th century
 10th century
 14th century
 20th century

 

Question 4. During Megillah reading, it is customary to say the names of Haman's sons
 In English
 Silently
 All in one breath
 Backwards
 Together as a congregation

 

Question 5. In a leap year, what is the additional month in the Jewish calendar called?
 Kislev II
 Adar II
 Tishvan II
 Av II

 

Question 6. In the Purim story, the king's first wife is named
 Vashti
 Zeresh
 Hadassah
 Shiva

 

Question 7. When is seudat Purim eaten?
 Any time on Purim or Shushan Purim
 Erev Purim
 Purim during the day
 Purim evening

 

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