A Noble Heritage Chapter 1 Quiz – A Millennial Heritage
1.
Rashi lived during the time of the First Crusade. True or False?
2.
Rashi was killed during the First Crusade. True or False?
3.
During the First Crusade in 1096, flourishing Jewish communities on the ______ and the ______ were utterly destroyed. a) Rhine and Danube b) Loire and Seine c) Volga and Dnieper d) Rhone and Nile
4.
According to a widespread legend, Rashi was visited by one of the principal figures of the First Crusade, ______. a) The King of France b) The Pope c) Godfrey of Bouillon d) Philip Augustus
5.
During the Second Crusade in 1147, the Jews in ______ were subject to frequent massacres. a) England b) Spain c) France d) Germany
6.
During the Third Crusade in 1188 ______ treated the Jews with exceptional severity. a) The King of France b) The Catholic Church c) Calixtus II d) Philip Augustus
7.
The Jews were also subjected to attacks during the ______ of 1251 and 1320. a) Third and Fourth Crusades b) Shepherds’ Crusades c) Thirty Years’ War d) Black Death epidemics
8.
The atrocities committed against the Jews during the Crusades were largely opposed by the local bishops and widely condemned at the time as a violation of the aim of the Crusades. True or False?
9.
Between 1348 and 1351, persecutions triggered by ______ eradicated almost entirely the principal Jewish communities of Europe. a) The Fourth Crusade b) The Black Death c) The Spanish Inquisition d) Shepherds’ Crusades
10.
In 1492, the Jews were banished from ______. a) England b) France c) Germany d) Spain
11.
The Statute of Kalisz, signed by Duke Boleslaw the Pious in 1264 ______. a) Expelled the Jews from Bavaria b) Forced the Jews of France to convert to Christianity c) Became a basis for a partly autonomous Jewish community in Poland d) Forbid Jews from owning property in Germany
12.
Our ancestor, the highly-regarded Jewish leader Saul Wahl Katzenellenbogen ______. a) Lived from 1542 to 1622 b) Rose to prominence during the Renaissance c) Occupied the throne of Poland for a night d) All of the above
13.
The last ban on Jews in Western Europe by ______ was revoked in 1654. a) Britain b) France c) Germany d) Spain
14.
The ______ resulted in pogroms against Jews in German cities such as Frankfurt, Worms and Jena. a) Shepherds’ Crusades b) Chmielnicki uprising c) Cossacks uprising d) Thirty Years’ War
15.
Prior to the Holocaust, the ______ was considered to be one of the most traumatic events in Jewish history. a) Shepherds’ Crusades b) Chmielnicki uprising c) Spanish Inquisition d) Thirty Years’ War
16.
Our renowned ancestor, Rabbi Nathan Nata Spira (1585-1633) was the Chief Rabbi of Cracow. He died during the middle of ______. a) The Shepherds’ Crusades b) The Thirty Years’ War c) The Chmielnicki uprising d) The Partition of Poland
17.
Rabbi Nathan Nata Spira’ son, Rabbi Solomon Spira was ______. a) The Chief Rabbi of Cracow after his father’s death b) Slain by the Cossacks under Chmielnicki in 1648 c) The last of the rabbis in the Spira lineage d) Forced to convert to Christianity
18.
It is estimated that as many as 20,000 Jews and Poles were killed in the Massacre of Uman during the 1768 ______ uprising. a) Uman b) Polish c) Chmielnicki d) Haidamak
19. Our ancestor, the illustrious Rabbi Pinchas Shapira of Koretz (1726-1791) ______. a) Deplored the Russians b) Urged Jews not to flee the Ukraine in the wake of pogroms and massacres c) Once remarked, “Were it not for me, not one Jew would have remained there.” d) All of the above
20.
In 1772, ______, ______, and ______ signed the first treaty to dismember Poland. a) France, England and Germany b) Germany, Austria, and Prussia c) Russia, Prussia, and Austria d) Austria, Germany and Russia
21.
Following the second and third partitions of ______ and ______, Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation. a) 1776 and 1779 b) 1793 and 1795 c) 1795 and 1799 d) 1799 and 1815
22.
Many Jews, including our ancestors, did not voluntarily immigrate to Russia. True or False?
23.
Czar ______, known as the “Czar Liberator” for the 1861 abolition of serfdom in Russia, was also known for his repression of national minorities. a) Catherine the Great a) Nicholas II b) Alexander I c) Alexander II
24.
The Jewish Pale of Settlement ______. a) Was established by imperial decree issued by Czar Catherine the Great b) Was where over 90 percent of Russia’s Jewish population was restricted to live for more than 130 years c) Was intended to restrict commerce between Jews and the Russian population d) All of the above
25.
Unfounded suspicions of Jewish involvement in the assignation of Czar ______ led to a wave of pogroms against the Russian Jewish population in 1881 and 1884. a) Catherine the Great b) Nicholas II c) Alexander II d) Alexander III
26.
In 1882, Alexander III introduced the so-called Temporary Regulations that stayed in effect for over thirty years, and came to be known as ______. a) May Laws b) Edict of Expulsion c) Jewish Military Edict d) Beyond the Pale
27.
The worst orgy of anti-Jewish violence broke out in October 1905 after the Czar was forced to _____. a) Relinquish power b) Declare war c) Sign a peace treaty d) Grant a constitution
28.
Following Russia’s disastrous defeat in their 1904-1907 war with Japan ______. a) The situation of the Jews improved for several years b) Political activism among Russia’s Jews decreased c) The Black Hundreds movement declared the extermination of the Jews as their aim d) All of the above
29.
The Okhranka was the name of ______. a) Jewish self-defense units b) An anti-Semitic populist movement c) The Czarist Russian secret police d) The Bolshevik movement
30.
More than ______ fled Russia between 1880 and 1920 with the majority of them immigrating to America. a) 500,000 b) one million c) two million d) four million