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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. What portion of God's being from the Prologue does Saul possess?
(a) The light.
(b) The throne.
(c) The cloth.
(d) The seed.

2. According to the author, the youngest son of any family bears how many distinctions?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, what right does a king have?
(a) To have multiple wives.
(b) To throw rocks.
(c) To throw spears.
(d) To overrule God.

4. Who is Recorder?
(a) A demon.
(b) An unborn destiny.
(c) An angel.
(d) A god.

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, which character in A Tale of Three Kings acts in a way that he believes God would want him to?
(a) Saul.
(b) Samuel.
(c) David.
(d) Jesse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do for the king in the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. God's first portion touches only the what?

3. What does David do when Saul throws spears at him in Chapter 7?

4. Eventually, David finds himself in the palace of who?

5. What is the setting of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be inferred as to why the author does not detail the battle between David and Goliath?

2. In Chapter 7, what answer is given to the question: "What can a man do when the King decides to use him for target practice"?

3. Discuss the two different types of people that are introduced in the Prologue.

4. What was Recorder's purpose in the Prologue?

5. Distinguish God from Gabriel.

6. Discuss the mood of Chapter 2. Explain.

7. Briefly summarize David and his job as seen in Chapter 1.

8. What does the Prologue indicate or foreshadow?

9. What does the author say was his reason for writing "A Tale of Three Kings"?

10. What irony was revealed at the end of Chapter 2?

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