REL 108 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Baal Shem Tov, Shneur Zalman Of Liadi, Shannara
26 May 2018
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During the eighteenth century the cultural world of Ashkenazic Jewry:
Question options:
a)
Remained relatively uniform
b)
Became increasingly diverse
c)
Remained relatively stable
d)
Became increasingly isolated
Question 2
The Partitions of Poland resulted in:
Question options:
a)
The continuous cultural uniformity of Polish-Lithuanian Jewry
b)
The splitting of Polish-Lithuanian Jewry along the imperial frontier
c)
The variety of cultural experiences among Polish-Lithuanian Jews
d)
B and C
Question 3
Some of the signs of crisis in the eighteenth-century Jewish community
in Poland included:
Question options:
a)
Lay leaders came to dominate the rabbis and formed a monopoly on power within individual comm
b)
To assert authority, rabbis came to rely more on their personal wealth or family connections than on their
c)
The Council of Four Lands became ineffective and was disbanded
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d)
All of the above
Question 4
We learn about the life of the Ba’al Shem Tov primarily from:
Question options:
a)
His own letters
b)
His own mystical treatises
c)
Collections of stories and legends attributed to him by his disciples
d)
Official records
Question 5
The Ba’al Shem Tov was particularly renowned for:
Question options:
a)
His Talmudic expertise
b)
His secular knowledge
c)
His healing talents and miracles that he performed
d)
His insistence on the cultivation of individual personality through ethical self-perfection and self-r
Question 6
Hasidism spread rapidly across Eastern Europe:
Question options:
a)
During the lifetime of the BeShT
b)
Under the leadership of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady
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c)
Under the leadership of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezerich
d)
Under the leadership of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
Question 7
As a movement Hasidism is characterized by:
Question options:
a)
Centralized authority
b)
Considerable diversification
c)
The formation of independent Hasidic courts
d)
A and C
e)
B and C
Question 8
Some of the unique features of Hasidism include:
Question options:
a)
Commitment to the careful observance of Torah
b)
The doctrine of the tzaddik
c)
Dynastic leadership
d)
A and B
e)
B and C
Question 9
The
tzaddik
derives his authority from:
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