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Free Will Quiz

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The paradox of human free will and God's infinite knowledge and power has troubled Jewish thinkers at every point in Jewish history. How much do you know about this debate?

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Question 1 of 10
Which of the following thinkers posited that having free choice is not as good a state as doing right automatically?
Question 2 of 10
Which talmudic sage said that "everything is in the hands of Heaven except the fear of Heaven"?
Question 3 of 10
What does the term hashgahah mean?
Question 4 of 10
What does the Apocryphal writer Ben Sira believe about predetermination?
Question 5 of 10
Who said that "everything is foreseen [by God], yet man has the capacity to choose freely"?
Question 6 of 10
True or false: Jewish tradition assumes that humans’ actions are significant in the greater scheme of things.
Question 7 of 10
True or false: The Bible has examples of God announcing predetermined events and interfering with individual choices.
Question 8 of 10
What did the Hasidic Izbicer Rebbe teach about free will?
Question 9 of 10
Which Jewish philosopher suggested that God knows the options from which we will choose, but doesn’t know the specific choice we will make?
Question 10 of 10
Which modern thinker believed that the goal of a human's development is freedom and independence?
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