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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did Esau sell his birthright?
(a) A big diamond.
(b) A mess of pottage.
(c) A special sword.
(d) A chest of gold.

2. Who bore Jacob's first four sons?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Zilpah.
(c) Bilhah.
(d) Leah.

3. Which of the following statements is true about Eve?
(a) She worshiped idols.
(b) She was the tenth woman.
(c) She was the first woman.
(d) She was queen of Egypt.

4. When Tamar's second husband died, why did she visit her father-in-law in disguise?
(a) To poison him.
(b) To steal jewelry and silver she thought should come to her.
(c) To conceive a baby.
(d) To insist he allow her to marry his third son.

5. What was unusual about the pregnancy of Mary, the mother of Jesus?
(a) The pregnancy lasted less than nine months.
(b) Mary was a virgin when she conceived.
(c) Mary was too old to have children when she conceived.
(d) The pregnancy lasted twelve months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abraham tell the Egyptian Pharaoh that his relationship with Sarah was?

2. What Hebrew slave worked as the overseer in Potiphar's house?

3. What was Jacob's relationship with Laban?

4. What Israeli warrior did Deborah accompany into battle at Kedesh?

5. What promise did God make to Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What natural explanation did Edith Deen provide in All the Women of the Bible for Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt?

2. From what part of Adam's body was Eve made, and what does her creation from this part symbolize about the role of the woman in male/female relationships?

3. How did children become an issue of conflict between Rachel and Leah?

4. Who was Rahab, and how did she help Israel when they came to invade her city?

5. What was Levirate law, and how did Tamar get her due under this law when her father-in-law denied her rights under it?

6. Why did Simeon and Levi murder their sister Dinah's husband Shechem?

7. What role did Mary have in her son's first miracle?

8. How did Jacob end up married to Leah when he sought to marry her sister Rachel instead?

9. For what did Hannah pray, and what sacrifice did she have to make once God answered her prayers?

10. What message did an angel give the virgin Mary?

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