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Test Your Purim/ Adar IQ

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Select the item from Column 2 that best fits the word(s) in Column 1. Indicate your answer by using the drop-down box in the middle.

All answers can be found at the OU.ORG Purim/ Adar Section

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Column 1	Answer	Column 2
1. In Jerusalem, the ancient and modern capital city of Israel, Purim is observed on the . . . day of Adar.		a. 13th b. 14th c. 15th
2. "Walled" refers to the status of cities in the time of . . .		a. Avraham b. Moshe c. Yehoshua
3. The capital city of Ancient Persia was . . .		a. Cairo b. Shushan c. Baghdad
4. Purim is observed today in Shushan on the . . . day of Adar.		a. 13th b. 14th c. 15th
5. Knowing nothing else about them but their titles, one might think that which of the following was a modern re-telling of the Purim story?		a. My Fair Lady b. A Miracle Happened on 34th Street c. Days of Wine and Roses d. All of the above
6. G-d's Name appears in Megilat Esther . . . times (how many)?		a. zero b. three c. thirty three
7. Who "asked" to be paraded through Shushan in the "Emperor's Clothes"?		a. Haman b. Mordechai c. Vashti
8. In a Leap Year, what extra month is added to the Hebrew Calendar?		a. a. Nisan ("Sheni," the Second) b. Tishrei Sheni c. Adar Sheni
9a. True or False? Hallel is said on Purim.		a. True b. False c. True in alternate Shmitah Cycles
9b. True or False? Al HaNisim is said on Purim in "Bircat HaMazon" and in the "Shemoneh Esray."		a. True b. False c. True only in Leap Years
10. The characteristic Jewish response to misfortune befalling an enemy is . . .		a. to be happy b. not to be happy c. to be sad
11. However, the Jewish response to the downfall of Haman was and is . . .		a. joy and gratitude to Hashem b. not to be happy c. to be sad
12. The Four Mitzvot of Purim are . . .		a. Reading the Megilah, Feasting, Sending gifts of food to friends, Giving money to the poor b. Reading the Megilah, Feasting, Sending gifts of food to friends, Wearing Tzitzit c. Making Hamantaschen, Feasting, Sending gifts of food to friends, Giving money to the poor
13. The Purim Miracle was . . .		a. open b. hidden c. open in "open" cities; hidden in "walled" cities
14. The number of questions in this quiz is the date in Adar of . . .		a. Ta'anit Esther b. Purim of the "open" cities c. Shushan Purim

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