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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an angel ask Mary Magdalene after Christ's death?
(a) Why she wept.
(b) Where Jesus was.
(c) Why she had come to Jesus' tomb.
(d) Why Jesus had been killed.

2. What message did the angel give Zacharias and Elisabeth?
(a) Elisabeth would have a daughter who could prophecy.
(b) Mary was about to have God's son.
(c) They would have a son who would be great in God's sight.
(d) Jesus was going to die on a cross.

3. Who was the first person to proclaim Jesus as the Christ?
(a) Peter.
(b) Anna.
(c) Joseph.
(d) John the Baptist.

4. Where did Jesus meet the Samaritan woman?
(a) At a dance.
(b) At a well.
(c) At a friend's wedding.
(d) At a friend's funeral.

5. What was Pontius Pilate's job during the time of Christ?
(a) He was a wealthy wheat farmer.
(b) He was a silk merchant.
(c) He was the Roman governor of Judea.
(d) He was a Roman centurion.

6. With what color hair have master painters depicted Mary Magdalene?
(a) Brown.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

7. What angel appeared to Zacharias while he was praying in the temple?
(a) Azriel.
(b) Michael.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Zephiel.

8. Who was the wife of the prophet Hosea?
(a) Eunice.
(b) Gomer.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Lois.

9. What happened to Sapphira and her husband when their dishonest act was discovered?
(a) They were excommunicated from the church.
(b) They were arrested.
(c) They fell over dead.
(d) They were publicly denounced by the apostles.

10. Who was Herodias?
(a) The mother of the apostle Paul.
(b) The wife of King Herod.
(c) A woman healed by Jesus.
(d) The wife of Judas Iscariot.

11. What did the woman with the spirit of infirmity do once Jesus healed her?
(a) She glorified God.
(b) She made a large donation to the church.
(c) She had a famous artist paint a picture of Jesus.
(d) She baked Jesus and his disciples some bread.

12. What was Mary Magdalene the first woman to see after Christ's death?
(a) The archangel Michael.
(b) The Roman soldiers who killed him.
(c) His dead body.
(d) His empty tomb.

13. How many times had the Samaritan woman been married?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

14. What businesswoman from Philippi was the first Christian convert in Europe?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Tamar.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Ruth.

15. What did the wise woman of Tekoah persuade King David to do?
(a) Release her son from prison.
(b) Take Pharoah's daughter as his wife.
(c) Go to war with the Hittites.
(d) Forgive his son Absalom and end Absalom's banishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous son did Manoah's wife bear?

2. What did Zacharias do for a living?

3. Who does Edith Deen say that the "daughters of men" mentioned in Genesis 6:2 may be?

4. Who anointed Jesus' feet with a costly perfumed ointment and wiped them with her hair?

5. What did Jesus' disciples do when the Syro-Phoenician woman asked Jesus to heal her daughter?

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