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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Roman ruler sent out a decree that a census of the Roman world would be taken?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Marc Antony.
(d) Caesar Augustus.

2. What did God send to destroy Sisera, commander of Jabin's army, and his men?
(a) A pestilence.
(b) A big storm of sleet and hail.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Fire and brimstone from a volcano.

3. What was Dinah's relationship to Leah and Jacob?
(a) She was their cousin.
(b) She was their queen.
(c) She was their daughter-in-law.
(d) She was their daughter.

4. What prophet advised Jezebel to cease her worship of idols?
(a) Jonah.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Jeremiah.

5. Who did Haman want to hang?
(a) Vashti.
(b) Mordecai.
(c) Esther.
(d) Ahasuerus.

6. Who was Ishmael?
(a) Sarah's son.
(b) Hagar's husband.
(c) Eve's son.
(d) Hagar's son.

7. What was Sarah's name before God changed it to Sarah?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sarai.
(c) Meli.
(d) Moriah.

8. With what did Eliezer reward Rebekah for her kindness toward him?
(a) A gold earring and two gold bracelets.
(b) A thoroughbred horse.
(c) Silk cloth.
(d) Spices from the Orient.

9. 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.

10. Who was Zilpah?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A prophetess.
(c) Leah's maid and the mother of two of Jacob's sons.
(d) Jacob's grandmother.

11. Which of the following is not a name given to Mary, the mother of Jesus?
(a) Mother Most Blessed.
(b) Mother of Mercy.
(c) Queen of Heaven.
(d) Mother of Mankind.

12. What creature tempted Eve to disobey God?
(a) A serpent.
(b) A bear.
(c) A fox.
(d) A dove.

13. From which of Jochebed's children did the Hebrew priesthood descend?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Mary.
(d) Moses.

14. How do some scholars explain the siblings of Jesus mentioned in the gospel of Mark?
(a) As nephews and nieces Joseph raised as his own children.
(b) As orphaned children Joseph and Mary adopted.
(c) As Jesus' spiritual rather than physical siblings.
(d) As Joseph's children from a wife he had before Mary.

15. How many children did Rebekah have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bore Jacob's first four sons?

2. How many words in the Old Testament are used to tell the story of Lot's wife?

3. Who did Jesus say were his mother and brethren?

4. What was Rachel doing when Jacob first saw her?

5. In what country did Potiphar and his wife live?

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