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title: Judaism — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 30 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Judaism

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 30 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Josh says Jesus was a Christian, not a Jew. Fix it.

- **1.** Jesus was Roman, so neither is true — no support
- **2.** Josh is right, Jesus was the first Christian only — no support
- **3.** Jesus became Jewish only at the very end of his life on earth — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Jesus was Jewish; Christianity grew out of Judaism — **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 16: «The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a real human being in Jesus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «become» (+4); the same doer «god» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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your Jewish mate can't come to footy on Saturday morning. why?

- **1.** It is Yom Kippur every single Saturday — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is Shabbat, a day of rest from Friday to Saturday sunset — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Saturday is the day of the Passover Seder — no support
- **4.** Jews may never play any sport at all, on any day of the week — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Class party, Hannah is Jewish and keeps kosher. What should you NOT give her?

- **1.** A cheese sandwich — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** An apple — no support
- **3.** A glass of orange juice — no support
- **4.** A ham sandwich — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Testament". What is right?

- **1.** It is a Jewish book about the life of Jesus — score 8
- **2.** It is the same as the four Gospels — no support
- **3.** It is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in the Christian Old Testament too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **4.** It is a new book written after the Holocaust — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 30, line 9: «The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, handwritten on scrolls that are read in the synagogue with great respect.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «first five books» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «torah» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Your sis thinks Hanukkah is "Jewish Christmas". What is more accurate?

- **1.** It is the holiest Jewish day of fasting — no support
- **2.** It is the spring festival of the Exodus — no support
- **3.** It is the eight-day festival of lights, a festival of its own — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **4.** It is the day Jews celebrate the birth of Jesus with presents and a tree — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 14: «Hanukkah is the eight-day festival of lights, with one more candle lit each night.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «day festival» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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Some kid at school says a nasty joke about Jews and everyone laughs. What should you do?

- **1.** Say nothing because it is only a joke and jokes never hurt anyone — score -6
- **2.** Tell another joke about a different group to change the subject — score -6
- **3.** Laugh along so they do not pick on you next instead — no support
- **4.** Not laugh, say it is not OK, and tell a teacher — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score -4, against -6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 6, line 10: «At the bush God gave his name, «I AM WHO I AM», written in Hebrew as YHWH; Jews show respect by not saying it aloud.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «say» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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Why did Jesus quote the Shema?

- **1.** He was asked for the greatest commandment — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** He wanted to start a new festival — score -5
- **3.** He was reading at a Christian church — score 1
- **4.** He was teaching the kosher food laws to his disciples — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 29, line 4: «Churches differ in leaders, baptism, style of worship, use of images and how they read the Bible, but all share belief in one God, Jesus who died and rose, the…», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «jesus» (+2); the same thing acted on «jesus» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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A Jewish friend asks why you go to church on Sunday, not Saturday. Which is true?

- **1.** Christians keep Sunday because Jesus rose on a Sunday — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Christians were banned from keeping Saturday by Moses himself — no support
- **3.** Christians never had a Sabbath at all — no support
- **4.** Christians think Saturday is an unlucky day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 11: «The Sabbath is a day of rest and worship; most Christians keep Sunday, the day they believe Jesus rose from the dead, and Jews keep Saturday.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «most christians» (+3); the same action «keep» (+2); the same thing acted on «sunday» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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why does that kid fast all day and skip lunch in autumn, weird

- **1.** It is Hanukkah, when no food is allowed — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is Shabbat, when Jews skip lunch and fast every single week — no support
- **3.** It is Passover, when Jews fast for a week — no support
- **4.** It may be Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and saying sorry — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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The judge asks: "Why should Christians learn about the Holocaust?"

- **1.** Because it happened only to Christians — no support
- **2.** To remember the victims and stand against hatred today — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Because it is only a story from long ago — no support
- **4.** To blame all Germans who live today — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 19: «Today most Christians live in Africa, Latin America and Asia.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «live» (+4); the same property (+4). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Which question fits the Seder best?

- **1.** Why do we fast all day without water? — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Why do we light one more candle each night? — no support
- **3.** Why do we stop work on Friday night? — no support
- **4.** Why is this night different from all other nights? — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the scriptures constituting the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

- **1.** The Psalms — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Torah — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The Gospels — no support
- **4.** The Epistles — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the duration of Shabbat.

- **1.** From sunset on Sunday until sunset on Monday — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** From noon on Friday until noon on Saturday — no support
- **3.** From sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** From dawn on Saturday until dawn on Sunday — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover.

- **1.** The covenant made with Noah after the flood — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The dedication of the Temple with lights — no support
- **4.** The giving of the Shema to Abraham — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism?

- **1.** A festival observed in the synagogue each autumn by the congregation — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A dietary law observed by Jewish households at every meal — no support
- **3.** Hostility and hatred directed against Jewish people — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** A form of Jewish prayer recited at morning and evening services — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/30-judaism/e4/)

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- ← previous: [29. Churches of the English-speaking world II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/)
- next →: [31. Islam](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/31-islam/)
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