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1Sem Exam Review - Freshman Theology
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1
Definition: "God's word in human words"
Biblical inspiration
Biblical interpretation
Divine revelation
Biblical inerrancy
2
What is a typology?
A way to read Scripture that finds relationships between the OT and NT.
A way to read Scripture that stresses how we should act.
A way to read Scripture that finds references to the afterlife.
The study of why people spell words wrong when they type.
3
What fortress town did Ignatius help defend from the French in 1521?
Azpeitia
Montserrat
Manresa
Pamplona
4
The message of Genesis 3-11 is clear. What is it?
Humanity thrives when placed in the world and left to itself.
God made humans to suffer and stray from him.
There is no hope for humanity.
When humans act apart from God, suffering and pain inevitably follow
5
What is the best way for approaching the stories in Genesis 1-11?
As made up stories that changed over time
As a substitute for ideas like Evolution
As "origin stories" that contain truth on questions of WHY
As stories of "who-did-what" in the earliest years of humanity
6
What is not one of the vows Jesuits take today?
Chastity
Poverty
Obedience
Loyalty
7
What is the best definition for a spirituality?
Doctrine to believe in
Understanding why things are the way they are
An individual's relationship with God
Viewing the world as divine
8
According to Genesis 3, what is sin?
Something outside of human's control.
Something that grows inside of a human person at birth
A free and voluntary act that a human person commits.
Something that God sends to punish humans.
9
What primary religious truth does the book of Jonah communicate?
God’s offer of mercy doesn’t extend to one’s enemies
Disobeying God’s command never works out well in the end
God works through unlikely heroes
God’s offer of love/mercy is extended to all
10
What is not something that God first promises to Abraham?
A nation and a great name for his many descendents
Everlasting life
Blessing on his descendents
Land
11
What is the purpose of all the stories in Gen 12-50?
To show how sin has run rampant in the world and destroyed life
To show how God has entered human history to redeem it
To show how God created the world to be good
To tell the story of how Moses led the Israelities from slavery to freedom
12
What religious truth comes through the strongest in the story of Cain and Abel?
There are some sins for which God will not forgive us.
There exists sins great enough that even God will not forgive.
God will always make sure things appear to be fair.
God loves and protects us, despite our inclination to sin.
13
What is the ultimate goal in reading any Biblical story?
Find out what was happening at the time
To understand the confusing words and ideas
Find out what God is revealing to you and me in it
Find out how to think
14
What is the second stage of Scriptural development - of 5 total stages?
Stories are talked about (oral tradition)
Some event inspires stories to be told (originating event)
Stories are edited
Stories are written
15
Identify: "Stories about how God has entered human history and saved us"
New Testament
Testing
Salvation History
Covenant
16
What is not a shared feature of ancient myths?
They use symbolic language to communicate transcendent meaning.
Their principal actors are superhuman beings.
They are set in cosmic time and space.
They did not appear anywhere in civilizations' histories until Genesis.
17
What did Ignatius struggle with while in Manresa?
The French
His scruples (getting over his previous sins)
The Spanish king
His family and friends
18
What does the word "scripture" mean?
"sacred writings"
"library"
"covenant"
"collection"
19
What did Joseph say was the real reason for his presence in Egypt?
To get revenge on his family
To make good of his own challenging life
To avoid the famine
To save other peoples' lives
20
In what year did St. Ignatius die in Rome?
1550
1565
1556
1540
21
Identify: "Two or more parties bound together, each with obligations"
Covenant
Torah
Testament
Salvation History
22
In Genesis, which creation story describes mankind's origins as humble - like the dust of the earth?
First Creation
Second Creation
23
In gratitude for God’s mercy, I sacrificed a ram with his horns caught in a thorn bush
Isaac
Joseph
Abraham
Jacob
24
Biblical writers'
understanding
of God's revelation is the same as God's revelation itself.
False
True
25
The way God ratified the covenant with Abraham suggests it is an conditional covenant (one that Abraham could break)
True
False
26
"The Bible contains errors."
False (no further explanation needed)
True statement (no further explanation needed)
False (further explanation needed)
True statement (but further explanation needed)
27
What fooled Jacob into thinking Joseph was dead?
Word from an angel
That's what the brothers said
Joseph's tunic
Joseph's sandals
28
The Bible grew out of 1,500+ years of human history and was written over a 1,000+ year period.
False
True
29
What is the motto of the Society of Jesus?
Seeking Freedom and Detachment
For the Greater Glory of God
Go Jr. Bills!
Contemplatives in Action
30
What is the main message of the Old Testament?
The historical development of the people of Israel.
Understanding cultural expectations of that time period.
Communication of moral truth about how we should act.
God's saving action in the people of Israel.
31
What is an example of a religious truth found in Genesis 2?
God will protect us, even when we sin.
God is distant and creates by virtue of his very word and command.
God will help get us through the challenges of this world.
God is very involved in the careful creation of humans.
32
According to Genesis 1, what is NOT an explanation for what it means to be created in the image of God?
Each human life is sacred.
We are capable of knowing and loving God.
Mankind comes from the dust, and to dust they will return.
We all share a common humanity and thus, are united.
33
What year was Ignatius of Loyola born?
1492
1491
1511
1510
34
Identify: "God working through the authors of Scripture to communicate religious truth"
Biblical understanding
Biblical inerrancy
Biblical interpretation
Biblical inspiration
35
"Seeking freedom from what holds us back from a closer relationship with God is at the heart of Ignatian Spirituality"
False
True
36
One of the promises made to Abram was that his descendants would be as numerous as the...
Stars in the sky
Hairs on a head
Sand on the beach
Water in the ocean
37
What is the key question to ask when reading Scripture?
What is the purpose of God's Word in this sacred book?
What was the world like when this was written?
Did it really happen?
What do I learn about myself from this reading?
38
What religious truth is made by the contradictions of Cain?
There exists sins great enough that even God will not forgive.
God will punish those who harm others.
God will avenge those who harm us.
God loves and protects us, despite our inclination to sin.
39
The Bible asserts that God ACTED in the lives of the Israelites at different times and in different ways.
True
False
40
In Genesis 3-11, after man's response to God's creation brings about effects of sin, God responds with love and hope.
True
False
41
Even though I was born after my half-brother, I was the son for whom my father had long been waiting.
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Moses
42
When Ignatius finally left his home castle after recovering, to where did he intend to travel?
Rome
Jerusalem (The Holy Land)
Paris
Barcelona
43
What is the main storyline of the Old Testament?
God is vengeful and full of wrath
Man continually fails to live up to its part of the covenant
A loving, up & down relationship between a people and their God
Introductory/outdated material to prepare for the N.T.
44
Choose the untrue statement
about what is contained in Genesis 1-11?
They were written later than much else of what is in Genesis.
These stories are not meant to be taken literally.
The stories primarily take the form of historical accounts.
They use myth try to explain the origins of existing realities in the world
45
What part of Ignatius' body was wounded at Pamplona and how?
Arm; hand combat
Leg; cannonball
Back; knife
Hand; crushed by boulder
46
What is the name of Ignatius' famous written work?
Life of Christ
My Life with Christ
The Spiritual Exercises
Lives of the Saints
47
What did St. Ignatius do at a stop at Montserrat, near Barcelona?
Took on the look of a beggar
Made a general confession
Held an all-night prayer vigil
Laid down his sword
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Definition: "God making God's own self known to us"
Canon
Biblical inerrancy
Divine revelation
Biblical inspiration
