Bible Exam 2

Question 1

Which prophetic book differs from the others, contains a story about the prophet rather than the sermons of the prophet?

Accepted Answer

Jonah

Question 2

For which of the following actions was Antiochus IV Epiphanes not responsible?

Accepted Answer

Forcing the Jews to translate their scriptures

Question 3

Most interpreters understand the book of Daniel to be a reaction to whose reign?

Accepted Answer

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Question 4

The following is a compact, memorable, applicable teaching about life

Accepted Answer

Proverb

Question 5

Which nation defeated Assyria and became the supreme power in the Ancient Near East?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 6

Which book of the Latter Prophets questions the justice of God in allowing evil to continue?

Accepted Answer

Habakkuk

Question 7

What was Samuel’s role in Israel?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

The last major division of the Hebrew Bible is The Writings. The following are some of the books in The Writings:

Accepted Answer

Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs

Question 9

Which of the following do the Israelites do upon entering Canaan?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

Which biblical figure is associated with wisdom literature?

Accepted Answer

Solomon

Question 11

Which are the following are actions of Solomon during his reign?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 12

Which son of Solomon became the first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Rehoboam

Question 13

in those days there was no king in Israel, all the people did what was right in their own eyes

Accepted Answer

The very last verse in the Book of Judges

Question 14

Which book of the Megilloth makes clear that the people of God includes even non-Israelites?

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 15

Which of Israel’s kings conquered Jerusalem and moved the ark of the covenant there?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 16

Syncretism is

Accepted Answer

The blending of ritual and worship practices of two or more religions

Question 17

What was the purpose of the prophetic oracles?

Accepted Answer

To call the people to covenant faithfulness

Question 18

What loss after the fall of Jerusalem ended the sacrificial system of Israel?

Accepted Answer

The temple

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of designated Wisdom books in the Old Testament?

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 20

Which language became a universal language in the regions of the world Alexander the Great conquered?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 21

Which empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 22

What was the first battle that the Israelites fought upon entering the land?

Accepted Answer

Jericho

Question 23

The Book of Daniel is the primary example of what kind of literature in the Hebrew Bible?

Accepted Answer

Apocolyptic

Question 24

What does the Hebrew term “the satan” mean?

Accepted Answer

The accuser

Question 25

Who succeeds Moses as the leader of Israel

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 26

What nation conquered Israel in 722/721 B.C.

Accepted Answer

Assyria

Question 27

Which of the following books of the Bible is not in the Megilloth?

Accepted Answer

Psalms

Question 28

The Septuagint is

Accepted Answer

. The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek

Question 29

What are the two most common types of Psalms?

Accepted Answer

Praise and lament

Question 30

. In the books of 1-2 Kings, who are the primary advocates for covenant loyalty?

Accepted Answer

Prophets

Question 31

What relates to the period of Israelite history following the return from the Babylonian exile?

Accepted Answer

Postexilic

Question 32

Which of the following describes classic prophecy?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 33

Which of the following is a proverb?

Accepted Answer

Pride goes before destruction

Question 34

What does the Hebrew title of Psalms mean?

Accepted Answer

"Book of Praises"

Question 35

In what year did Jerusalem fall to the Babylonians?

Accepted Answer

587/586 BC

Question 36

A Psalm is

Accepted Answer

A song or poem used in worship

Question 37

Which king in 538 BC allowed the return of Israel to their land?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus

Question 38

Why did the people of Judah not believe Jerusalem would fall to the Babylonians?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 39

Which prophet was among the first taken to Babylon in 597 BC?

Accepted Answer

Ezekiel

Question 40

A Synonymous parallelism is when

Accepted Answer

The second line rephrases the ideas of the first line

Question 41

What year did Romans destroy the temple in Jerusalem an event that permanently altered the future trajectory of Judaism?

Accepted Answer

70 CE

Question 42

Which prophetic book employs an extended marriage metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Hosea

Question 43

Which empire came after the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 44

What event does the book of Lamentations lament?

Accepted Answer

Destruction of Jerusalem

Question 45

Within the books of 1-2 Kings, each king’s faithfulness is judged based upon

Accepted Answer

The level of commitment the king has to the covenetn with YHWH

Question 46

Who was the Moabite woman who became the great-grandmother of King David?

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 47

What are the two major categories of sin that the Latter Prophets address?

Accepted Answer

Social justice and idolatry

Question 48

.Who was commonly referred to as the “savior” of the Roman civilization?

Accepted Answer

Octavian

Question 49

What term describes Jewish people who lived outside of Palestine/Israel?

Accepted Answer

Diaspora

Bible Exam 2

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Bible Exam 2

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