Practice test · Kabbalah

Sample questions

Sample questions with answers.

From the practice pool, with the answers shown. The exam asks its own set of 40.

1. Tree of Life: Core of Kabbalah

   1. Which sefirot sit on the left-hand pillar (the Pillar of Severity)?

   Choose all that apply.

   • Hod Correct answer
   • Binah Correct answer
   • CNetzach
   • DChesed
   • Gevurah Correct answer

   Why: Binah, Gevurah and Hod form the left, severe pillar, balanced against Chokhmah, Chesed and Netzach on the right.

2. Applied Kabbalah

   2. The course teaches meditating with the 72 Names as a guaranteed way to control other people.

   • ATrue
   • False Correct answer

   Why: The course presents the 72 Names as a traditional meditative and symbolic practice, not a guaranteed method of controlling others.

3. 32 Paths of Wisdom

   3. Which Hebrew letter is paired with the 32nd path, The World?

   • AShin
   • Tav Correct answer
   • CAleph
   • DQof

   Why: The 32nd and last path pairs Tav with The World.

4. The Human Path in Kabbalah

   4. Which of these belong to the Lurianic account of how creation was broken and is repaired?

   Choose all that apply.

   • AGematria — reading a word by its numeric value
   • BThe long-running dispute over who wrote the Zohar
   • Tikkun — the ongoing repair of that shattering Correct answer
   • Tzimtzum — the divine contraction that made room Correct answer
   • The shattering of the vessels, scattering sparks of light Correct answer

   Why: Tzimtzum, the shattering of the vessels and tikkun are the three linked Lurianic ideas: the contraction that made room, the breaking that brought imperfection, and the repair. Gematria is a separate method, and the Zohar's authorship is a historical question.

5. 32 Paths of Wisdom

   

   5. The path from Kether to Binah indicates movement from idea to _____.

   • Adissolution
   • manifestation Correct answer
   • Cmemory
   • Dcontemplation

6. 32 Paths of Wisdom

   

   6. The guiding principle is the _____ that governs nature.

   • Apersonal ego
   • Bblind chance
   • Csocial contract
   • universal mind Correct answer

7. 32 Paths of Wisdom

   

   7. The sixth Sephirah, ____ , gathers the essence of higher powers.

   • Tiphareth Correct answer
   • BGeburah
   • CBinah
   • DMalkuth

8. Tree of Life: Core of Kabbalah

   

   8. What does the number 70 associated with Ayin symbolize?

   • Fullness and multiplicity of manifestations Correct answer
   • BThe mystery of hidden kindness
   • CSimplicity and limitation
   • DThe completion of a small cycle