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1
What is the purpose of Genesis?
Describe the ancient world to modern readers
Explain how the world was created
Begin the story of the covenant
2
How did Joseph end up in prison?
He killed an Egyptian guard that had threatened him
He was caught stealing from the Egyptian treasury
He stood up to injustice that he saw toward the Jewish people
He maintained his integrity when Potipher's wife tried to seduce him
3
In the ancient world, genealogies were most frequently used for what purpose?
Political reasons, such as establishing the legitimacy of a king's dynasty
Keeping track of time
To keep track of where people lived and where they came from
4
God of Israel or Polytheistic gods? "Represented by icons, in the form of humans, or in natural phenomena."
Polytheistic gods
God of Israel
5
What is discussed in the first seven chapters of Leviticus?
Genealogies
The selection of the priests
Social laws
Sacrifices
6
What was done to the Israelites in order to reduce male population?
Women were sold as slaves to the Hittites
All males were sold as slaves to the Hittites
Infant sons were cast into the river
Males were forced to serve as slaves under the hand of Pharaoh
7
What civilization is the first that we have historical record of?
Persia
Babylon
Sumer
Hittites
8
What is the purpose of Deuteronomy?
To tell the story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness
To demonstrate the leadership qualities of Moses
To summarize and renew the covenant in preparation for Israel’s entrance...
To detail the management of sacred space, sacred status, and sacred time
9
What are used in the first chapters of Genesis to list the descendants from Adam to Noah?
Legends
Archives
Genealogies
Cosmologies
10
How long did it take to write the books of the Old Testament?
a millenium (1000 years)
2 millenia (2000 years)
500 years
300 years
11
What is a cosmology?
The study of makeup and hair-styling
A defense of evolution
The study of astronomy
A story about the origin of the world
12
If we follow a biblical way of thinking, what would happen if God "turned Himself off?"
Humanity would be able to make the world a better place
The world would slowly deteriorate and destroy itself
We and everything in the world would immediately cease to exist
13
What was invented around 1600 BC that greatly increased literacy among people and the documentation of history?
Libraries
Paper
Alphabetic script
The pen
14
Before Israel had kings, what officials ruled the land?
Sages
Angels
Elected Representatives
Judges
15
Instead of a novel, the biblical account is written more like what?
A legend
A biography
A parable
Nonfictional, historical writing
16
Why did God give the law to the people of the Old Testament?
So that his people might know what he is like
So that they will understand their need to be reunited with their creator
To remind the people that they are subordinate to him
To demonstrate his plan for them
17
God of Israel or polytheistic gods? "Requirements are made known in detail through the giving of the Law."
Polytheistic gods
God of Israel
18
In order for us to be transformed by the words of the Old Testament, we must accept that the Scripture is what?
Effective
Antiquated
Authoritative
Meaningful
19
Where were the Israelites when they received Moses’ farewell instructions and final admonitions?
At Mt. Sinai
On the border of the Promised Land
While they were leaving Egypt
20
What was the holiest place of the Temple or Tabernacle called that housed the presence of God?
The Outer Courts
The Sanctuary
The Antechamber
The Holy of Holies
21
Which of the following is "Genesis" not a Greek word for?
origin
beginning
source
creation
22
In chapters 8 through 10, the priests are installed who provide what?
Maintenance of the purity of the Holy of Holies
Maintenance of the camp, the third zone
Maintenance of the second zone (the courtyard)
23
How does the book of Genesis end?
Jacob's family moves to Egypt where they are given land and prosper
Adam and Eve sin and allow evil to enter the world
Noah and his family leave the ark
Abraham enters the promised land
24
We can make conclusions about the Bible without taking into consideration the culture of the original audience.
True
False
25
What is the purpose of Leviticus?
To explain how God’s presence came to dwell among his chosen people, Israel
To set up the reader for understanding the sacrificial system
To detail the management of sacred space, sacred status, and sacred time
To tell the story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness
26
Where did the Israelites receive the final words from their aged leader?
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Horeb
At the mouth of the Jordan River
The plains of Moab
27
After the exile, the Jewish people were allowed to return home where they waited for who/what?
The Messiah
Revenge
To be conquered again
Their families
28
The greatest loss from the Fall of Man was not paradise. What does the book say the greatest loss was?
The ability to talk to animals
The absence of pain
The beauty of the Garden of Eden
Access to God's Presence
29
Although other ancient Mesopotamians had similar flood stories, how does the biblical flood story differ?
The gods of Mesopotamian accounts appear as caricatures
The other flood stories are atheistic meaning they don't mention a god
The gods of other flood accounts accidentally flood the Earth
30
Why was the tabernacle built and the priesthood prepared?
So God could test the faithfulness of His people
So that God could come and take up residence
To set the Israelites apart from the Egyptians
31
When sin entered through disobedience, what was lost?
All hope
God's love for humanity
A relationship between humanity and God
God's control of the Earth
32
Which of the following defines "genre"?
The mood of the author
Classification identifying what type of literature a work is
The audience to which the author is writing
33
True/False: Ancient roads had little effect on the location of civilizations and the wealth in which they grew.
True
False
34
In order for God’s presence to remain in their midst, the people were instructed in what?
How to pray
How to worship
How purity was to be maintained
35
Which of these languages was the OLD Testament written in?
Greek and Aramaic
Greek and Hebrew
Hebrew and Aramaic
Latin and Hebrew
36
Instead of books, what were the ancient "books" of the Bible written on?
Stone tablets
Cloth
Computers
Scrolls
37
The text describes the nature of the Old Testament as what two things?
An everchanging landscape and a photomosaic
A river which irrigates a city and a fountain
A tapestry and a photomosaic
A tapestry and a fountain
38
What did the changing of a name usually signify?
The passing of an elder
A change of fortune, character, or circumstance in that individual's life
Their ethnicity
39
After the flood, what remained?
Dinosaurs
The chaos of sin
The scrolls that contained the Creation story
All life that lived before the flood
40
God of Israel of the Polytheistic gods? "Consistent in character and does not change."
God of Israel
Polytheistic gods
41
What is the purpose of Exodus?
To set up the reader for understanding the sacrificial system
To demonstrate the leadership qualities of Moses
To tell the story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness
To explain how God’s presence came to dwell among his chosen people, Israel
42
Why did God reveal himself through the law?
Because He is a just God
So that the Israelites would know how to honor and imitate his holiness
So the Israelites are under His control
43
Who found Moses and raised him as her own?
Pharaoh’s daughter
Pharaoh's wife
Pharaoh's servant
44
What two things did the scouts report about the land that God was going to give them? (choose 2)
Inhabitants were intimidating
Produce was bountiful
The land was empty
The land was under Egyptian control
45
The covenant given to the Israelite people meant that God would do what 3 things for them?
Protect them
Make them rulers of the world
Deliver them
Provide for them
46
What do most interpreters agree the Tower of Babel was?
An administrative center
A marketplace
A ziggurat
A figure of speech or metaphor
47
What was the purpose fo the tower built in the story of the Tower of Babel?
So God could come down to bless them
So the people could escape in case there was another flood
So the people could build a way to God
So God's presence could reside there
48
How long were the Israelites in Egypt before they became slaves?
Four centuries
25 years
100 years
49
What drives Joseph’s family from Canaan to Egypt?
An invading nation
Disease
Famine
Political oppression
50
What plague finally convinced Pharaoh to let the Israelite people return to their homeland?
Locusts eating the crops
Boils on the Egyptian's skin
Turning the Nile into blood
Death of Egypt’s firstborn sons
