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

2. What was Jacob's relationship with Laban?
(a) Laban was his maternal uncle.
(b) Laban was his grandfather.
(c) Laban was his cousin.
(d) Laban was his brother.

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

4. What was the name of Jochebed's daughter?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Dinah.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What promise did God make to Sarah?

3. What god did Jezebel worship and bring with her into Israel when she married King Ahab?

4. How did God punish Eve for her sin?

5. What was the name of Eve's second son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What roles did Eve have in Adam's life and how did these roles relate to the roles of women in Jewish society during biblical times?

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

4. How did Esther save her uncle Mordecai from a hanging?

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

6. Over what did Miriam disagree with her brother Moses and how did God punish her over this discord?

7. Who was Queen Vashti and how did she anger her husband and lose her throne?

8. Over what legal issue did the five daughters of Zelophad appear before Moses and the council, and what important legal precedent did their case set for women in the tribe of Israel?

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

10. When Mary's son Jesus was twelve, what happened during a family trip to Jerusalem for Passover?

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