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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Question 1 of 10
Which of the following did Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, believe?
Question 2 of 10
Who is credited with beginning the post-Holocaust theological discussion in the West?
Question 3 of 10
Which of the following claims did Maimonides deny in his philosophical writings?
Question 4 of 10
Which approach to a painful experience does Rabbi Harold Kushner recommend?
Question 5 of 10
What is the subject of the well-known Jewish book on suffering, For Those I Loved?
Question 6 of 10
Who called evil "the most difficult matter…with which scholars of all ages, people and tongues have struggled"?
Question 7 of 10
According to Saadiah Gaon, which of these is not a purpose of human suffering?
Question 8 of 10
According to the Book of Ezekiel, can someone be punished for the deeds of his or her ancestors?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these is an interpretation of the biblical punishment of karet?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these texts was the first to ask the question "Why do bad things happen to good people"?
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