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Chronologigrams (a term I believe I invented): In this part of the quiz, you will be presented with discrete
collections of three important events in Jewish history. Your task will be to place them in correct
chronological order. For example, you might see something like the following:
___ The conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
___ The mission(s) of Ezra and/or Nehemiah
___ The conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great
You would respond by placing a 1 next to the event that occurred the earliest, a 2 next to the subsequent
event, and a 3 next to the last event to have occurred. As the example suggests, the chronologigrams will
usually consist of events that are in some way historically related (e.g., the conquest of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar initiated the Babylonian exile, which came to an end when the Babylonians were
conquered by Cyrus the Great, which initiated the Persian period in which the mission(s) of Ezra and/or
Nehemiah took place). Thus, there is no need for you to have any dates memorized. You simply need to
know when important historical events occurred in relation to one another. This section of the quiz assesses
your mastery of the story of ancient Jewish historywhich is to say, the sequence of important events.
Of seven chronologigrams, you will complete six. Each is worth two points. If you complete all seven, I
will mark the first six only.
Identifications: In this part of the quiz, you will be asked to identify some of the most important people,
places, and ideas in ancient Jewish history. You will encounter short responses, (e.g., this man was the
king of Judah at the time of the Assyrian invasion, whose preparations and fortification of Jerusalem
enabled the city to outlast the Assyrian siege.), to which you will provide the best name, place, or idea.
The best way to prepare for this section is to make a list of the people, places, and ideas that appear
prominently or frequently in the readings and/or lectures. I did this recently and came up with about 40
terms. If you do the same thing, I imagine your list will look a lot like mine. Of twenty identifications, you
will complete nineteen. Each is worth 2 points. NB: there will not be a word bank from which to choose
the correct terms. The word bank should be in your head!
** Please contact Sarah, Dusty, Daniel, or me if you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns. Enjoy
your preparation!