REL 108 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Shannara, Shulchan Aruch, Renaissance Humanism
26 May 2018
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The term “port Jews” refers to:
Question options:
a)
The Jewish communities reestablished in Germany with the help of the court Jews.
b)
The Jewish communities established on the lands of Polish magnates.
c)
The communities of former conversos established in the main port cities of the Atlantic world.
d)
The Jewish communities established in the port cities of the Ottoman Empire.
Question 2
In the context of Jewish life in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century
Poland, the term
arenda
refers to:
Question options:
a)
Leasing agricultural lands from Polish magnates.
b)
Leasing a variety of economic monopolies, such as the distillation and sale alcohol, the right to coll
c)
Leasing and subleasing real estate.
d)
Leasing serfs.
Question 3
The following factor influenced the status of Jewish community in
Poland-Lithuania:
Question options:
a)
Jews’ legal status as servi camerae, or royal property.
b)
Jews’ alliance with the cities.
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c)
Jews’ relations with Polish magnates.
d)
Limitations imposed by the Church.
Question 4
Jews who lived on the estates of Polish magnates served primarily as:
Question options:
a)
Farmers
b)
Intermediaries and agents who oversaw peasants working for the magnates.
c)
Leaseholders, used by the magnates to raise cash and outsource the exploitation of the resources in t
d)
A and B.
e)
B and C.
Question 5
The term
kehillah
refers to:
Question options:
a)
An autonomous Jewish community.
b)
The lay leaders of the community.
c)
The rabbis employed by the community.
d)
A central body representing all Jewish communities in Poland.
Question 6
The term
Council of Four Lands
refers to:
Question options:
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a)
An autonomous Jewish community.
b)
The lay leaders of the community.
c)
The rabbis employed by the community.
d)
A central body representing all Jewish communities in Poland.
Question 7
During the Chmielnicki revolt:
Question options:
a)
Jews were attacked and massacred primarily for religious reasons.
b)
Jews were attacked as agents of the Polish landowners.
c)
Jews were not singled out and specifically targeted by the rebels.
d)
Jewish communities were destroyed beyond recovery.
Question 8
Ashkenazi Jewish communities used Joseph Karo’s
Shulhan Arukh
:
Question options:
a)
Without any changes.
b)
With adjustments to the Ashkenazi practice.
c)
With Moses Isserles’ comments added to the code.
d)
A and B.
e)
B and C.
Question 9
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