Episode 22 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 22: Fatalism. See how much you can recall about the extraordinary Book of Ecclesiastes by clicking “START” below!
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While Jerusalem sat deep within Persian territory, mainland Greece was on its extreme western fringe. During which years did Persia fight wars in mainland Greece?
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The speaker of Ecclesiastes is
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Ecclesiastes is in the
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The Persian Empire had an especially competently designed
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What is the speaker of Ecclesiastes’ attitude toward wisdom?
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The Spartan general Pausanias found what on the battlefield after his decisive victory at Plataea in the summer of 479 BCE?
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Fatalism means:
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The opening of Ecclesiastes includes the words “Vanity of vanities” in order to describe the transience and meaninglessness of earthly existence. The Hebrew word usually translated as “vanity” is hebel. What does this word literally mean?
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The state religion of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, which Jerusalemites lived alongside for over 200 years, was called:
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The Book of Ecclesiastes attests that after we die,
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