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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did God tell Rebekah her elder son would do?
(a) Serve his younger brother.
(b) Commit a great sin.
(c) Become a great priest.
(d) Win a mighty battle and rule a great nation.

2. When Potiphar's wife tried to tempt the family's Hebrew overseer to have a romance with her, what did she catch in her hand as he fled her?
(a) His sandal.
(b) His headband.
(c) His garment.
(d) A lock of his hair.

3. Who adopted Jochebed's baby after finding him floating in an ark made of bulrushes?
(a) An Egyptian priest.
(b) The Egyptian Pharoah's daughter.
(c) Abraham.
(d) The Hittite King.

4. What was the name of Eve's husband?
(a) Hezekiah.
(b) Seth.
(c) David.
(d) Adam.

5. What law did Moses pass as a result of the daughters of Zelophad?
(a) A law letting daughters inherit if a man died without sons.
(b) A law forbidding women to speak in public.
(c) A law allowing the oldest child, male or female, to inherit.
(d) A law forbidding women to inherit property.

6. What was the name of Eve's second son?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Cain.
(c) Abel.
(d) Jacob.

7. Why did the daughters of Zelophad think they were entitled to their father's inheritance?
(a) Their brothers were younger than them.
(b) Their father died without sons.
(c) They were their father's favorite children.
(d) Their brothers were criminals.

8. What was Rachel doing when Jacob first saw her?
(a) Weaving cloth.
(b) Dancing at her sister's wedding.
(c) Tending her father's sheep.
(d) Millking a cow.

9. When Jesus performed his miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding feast, who told him that the feast had run out of wine?
(a) The bride.
(b) His mother, Mary.
(c) The bridegroom.
(d) His father, Joseph.

10. What promise did God make to Sarah?
(a) That she would live a long life.
(b) That she would be wealthy.
(c) That she would bear a son and be the mother of nations.
(d) That she would be beautiful and young-looking all of her life.

11. What act of Rebekah's did Eliezer think was a sign from God?
(a) Her great cooking and housekeeping skills.
(b) Her ability to heal with herbs and prayers.
(c) Her kindness in watering his camels after giving him water.
(d) Her prayers for him and his safe journey.

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

13. What was Ruth's relationship to Naomi?
(a) She was Naomi's daughter-in-law.
(b) She was Naomi's sister.
(c) She was Naomi's mother.
(d) She was Naomi's aunt.

14. Which of the following was not a daughter of Zelophad?
(a) Tirzah.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Mahlah.
(d) Hoglah.

15. What did King Ahasuerus do when Queen Vashti disobeyed him?
(a) He divorced her and gave her royal position to another.
(b) He fined her a large sum of money.
(c) He had her killed.
(d) He had her publicly whipped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mordecai's relationship to Esther?

2. What famous artist painted "Flight of Lot," a painting depicting Lot's wife and her daughters?

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

4. To where did Potiphar send his Hebrew overseer as a result of his wife's lies about the servant?

5. How do some scholars explain the siblings of Jesus mentioned in the gospel of Mark?

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