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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 woman did King Josiah ask to verify whether a scroll contained the word of God?
(a) Phebe.
(b) Huldah.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Dorcas.

2. Which angel appeared to Mary at Nazareth and told her she would have a son?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Azriel.
(d) Gabriel.

3. Who did Simeon and Levi murder?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Shechem and Hamor.
(d) Leah.

4. Which of her sons was Rebekah's favorite?
(a) Esau.
(b) Laban.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Aaron.

5. What was the levirate marriage law?
(a) The law that a man had to be twenty-eight before marrying.
(b) The custom of a widow marrying her husband's brother.
(c) A law that Canaanites had to marry other Canaanites.
(d) A law that a woman had to have parental permission to wed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did God punish Eve for her sin?

2. What did King Ahasuerus do when Queen Vashti disobeyed him?

3. What did Sarah have her maid Hagar do when it looked like God's promise might not manifest?

4. What law did Moses pass as a result of the daughters of Zelophad?

5. Into whose care did Jesus place his mother Mary when he hung on the cross?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why did motherhood become a painful experience for Eve and her female descendants?

4. Who was Seth and how did he differ from Cain?

5. What was Hagar's relationship with Sarah and why did Sarah eventually send Hagar away?

6. What did Edith Deen speculate that the life of Lot's wife was like prior to her demise?

7. What two roles did Deborah have that were unusual for women of her era?

8. Who was the only woman to rule over Judah, and how did she attain her throne?

9. How did Eliezer select Rebekah to be Isaac's wife?

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

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