So you know EVERYTHING about Purim?

So you know EVERYTHING about Purim???

What's there to know about Purim? Some story about a beauty contest? Graggers? Hamantaschen? Silly songs? Costumes? Kid stuff! But how much do you REALLY know about Purim and the story told in Megillat Esther? Try answering these multiple choice questions and find out!

Instructions:

Type in your best guesses and then click on the "Process Questions" button at the end of the quiz to see your score in the adjacent message box. The program will not reveal which questions you got wrong, only how many points you have. If the page turns yellow, keep trying--go back and change your answers until you get them all right. The message box will rejoice at that point and the page will change to rose color to show it is tickled pink. All answers can be found in your user-friendly Megillah (the Book of Esther in the TaNaKh). A Jewish calendar is helpful for some questions as well.

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1. How long had Ahasuerus been king when he made his huge feast?

1 year
3 years
10 years
25 years
No Answer

2. The feast for Ahasuerus' nobles and officials lasted

3 days
1 week
1 month
6 months
No Answer

3. The feast for all the residents of Shushan lasted

1 day
3 days
1 week
1 month
No Answer

4. Queen Vashti was banished because

she had disobeyed a royal decree
it was feared that she would serve as a "women's liberation" role model for all the wives in Persia
the King found her unattractive
she had made a party for the women without the permission of Ahasuerus
No Answer

5. How much time was spent grooming and preparing each of the women brought to Ahasuerus' harem for her encounter with the king?

3 days
1 week
1 month
1 year
No Answer

6. How long had Ahasuerus been looking for a new queen when he discovered Esther?

6 months
1 year
2 years
4 years
No Answer

7. How long had Esther been queen when Haman conceived of his plot to destroy the Jews?

1 month
1 year
3 years
5 years
No Answer

8. Approximately how much money was Haman willing to pay in today's currency (US $) for the right to exterminate the Jews? (This requires some math and the following information: a) a talent of silver weighed about 100 lbs; b) the current spot price for an ounce of silver is approx. US $16.)

$256,000
$2.56 million
$25.6 million
$256 million
No Answer

9. How far into the future was the date Haman selected by lot for the destruction of the Jews?

6 months
11 months
12 months
13 months
No Answer

10. On what Jewish holiday did Esther make her banquets for King Ahasuerus and Haman?

Pesach
Purim
Shavuot
Chanuka
No Answer

11. All of the events in Chapters 5-7 of the Megillah take place over a period of

1 day
2 days
3 days
1 week
No Answer

12. The king's secretaries were summoned to prepare a decree dictated by Mordechai, permitting the Jews to defend themselves against the attacks authorized by Haman, about 2 weeks after

Pesach
Purim
Shavuot
Tisha b'Av
No Answer

13. Mordechai and Esther decreed that the Jews of Ahasuerus's kingdom should annually commemorate their deliverance from their enemies by

feasting
sending delicacies to each other
giving gifts to the poor
all of the above
No Answer

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So you know EVERYTHING about Purim???

**So you know EVERYTHING about Purim???**