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How much do you know about Passover?

Passover holds special significance in both the Jewish and Christian traditions. But how much do you know about this holiday celebrated by millions of people all over the globe?

As American culture drifts further from our Judeo-Christian roots, it is increasingly important that we remember and celebrate our shared history.

Take this short quiz to put your Passover knowledge to the test.

Question 1 of 9:

Where were the Jews ens***ed for hundreds of years?
A) Egypt
B) Iran
C) Babylon
D) Israel

Question 2 of 9:

How did Moses’s mother save him from being k**led by the Pharaoh?
A) She sent him away to family members living in a foreign land
B) She hid him until he was 13
C) She paid an Egyptian soldier to protect Moses
D) She sent him down the Nile River in a basket

Question 3 of 9:

How did God appear to Moses in the land of Midian while he was shepherding a flock?
A) As a burning bush
B) As a terrible storm
C) As a pillar of fire
D) As a cloud of smoke

Question 4 of 9:

How many plagues did God send upon Egypt?
A) 3
B) 10
C) 14
D) 7

Question 5 of 9:

What were the Hebrews instructed to put on the doorposts of their homes to protect them from the 10th and final plague?
A) White linen
B) The blood of a lamb
C) Oil
D) Salt water

Question 6 of 9:

What body of water did the Jews cross on dry ground during their escape from Egypt?
A) Nile River
B) Gulf of Suez
C) Red Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea

Question 7 of 9:

What is not one of the symbolic foods used during a Passover Seder?
A) A shank bone
B) Matzah
C) An egg
D) Challah

Question 8 of 9:

What are Jews commanded to remove from their homes during Passover?
A) Animals
B) Alcohol
C) Sugar
D) Leaven

Question 9 of 9:

Did Jesus observe Passover?
A) No
B) Yes

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Answers:

1) According to the Book of Exodus from the Hebrew and Christian Bible, when the Jews were living in Egypt, they became so numerous that the Egyptian Pharaoh worried the Israelites would fight against them. “So they put s***e masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly.” (Exodus 1:11-13)

2) The Pharaoh in Egypt not only forced the Israelites into s***ery but also slew the male babies to keep their numbers small. Moses, however, was saved by his mother sending him down the Nile in a basket. He was found and raised by Pharaoh’s daughter. (Exodus 2:1-10)

3) “The angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.’ When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am.’ ‘Do not come any closer,’ God said. ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’ Then he said, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. The Lord said, ‘I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their s***e drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.’” (Exodus 3:2-10)

4) With an “outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment,” God sent 10 plagues upon Egypt to force them to free the Israelites, including turning Egypt's waters into blood, frogs, lice, swarms of wild beasts or insects, pestilence of livestock, boils, hail, locusts, and darkness. After the 10th and final plague—the slaying of the firstborn sons—Pharaoh allowed the Jews to leave Egypt. (Exodus 7-12)

5) God told the Jews to take the blood of a lamb and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of their houses. Then God said, “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.” (Exodus 12:12-13)

6) After the Israelites fled Egypt, Pharaoh changed his mind and began pursuing them. When they got to the Red Sea, Moses did what the Lord instructed: he raised his staff and stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the waters back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

After crossing the Red Sea on dry land, Moses stretched out his hand and the waters went back and covered the entire army of Pharaoh, who had been pursuing the Israelites. “That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.” (Exodus 14:30-31)

7) There are many symbolic foods used during a Passover Seder that have special meaning: Matzah (the unleavened “bread of affliction” that symbolizes the suffering of the Israelites), a shank bone (a reminder of the Passover lamb), an egg (a symbol of rebirth and renewal, and a reminder of ancient sacrificial offerings), bitter herbs (a reminder of the bitterness of the s***ery of the Jews in Egypt), charoset (a paste of fruits and nuts that symbolizes the sweetness of freedom and also reminds us of the mortar Pharaoh forced the Jewish s***es to make), and parsley (a symbol of the freshness of spring, which is dipped into salt water to remind us of the tears shed during s***ery in Egypt). Challah, which is leavened bread made with yeast, is not one of the symbolic foods used during a Passover Seder.

8) “For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a foreigner or a native of the land. You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.” (Exodus 12:19-20)

Some people believe that the bad things we do are like leaven (yeast). In the same way that God commands us to remove leaven from our houses in pr********n for Passover, some believe God commands us to remove the leaven, a symbol of sin, from our lives.

9) Yes, Jesus observed Passover. In fact, there is some indication that the Last Supper was a Passover Seder, during which “Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.’” (Matthew 26:26-28)

Liberty Tree

I made 100 without reading the answers

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Better than me. I got 8 out of 10.

ACP45 Loc: Rhode Island

Thanks for posting.