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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. Which of the following statements does not describe the dishonest act Sapphira and her husband committed?
(a) They gave all they had to the church.
(b) They said they gave all money from the sale to the church.
(c) They kept part of the proceeds from the sale.
(d) They sold property.

2. Who was Adah?
(a) Queen of Joppa.
(b) One of Esau's Canaanite wives.
(c) A Hebrew prophetess.
(d) The mother of one of Jesus' disciples.

3. What physical affect did the angel's message have on Zacharias?
(a) He fainted and would not regain consciousness.
(b) He was unable to speak until the prophecy was fulfilled.
(c) He was covered with boils until the prophecy was fulfilled.
(d) He was blind until the prophecy was fulfilled.

4. What was the name of Elisabeth's husband?
(a) Zacharias.
(b) Mark.
(c) John.
(d) James.

5. Of what name was Joses the Greek from?
(a) Donald.
(b) Joseph.
(c) David.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had the Samaritan woman been married?

2. Why did Elisabeth not want to name her baby after Zacharias?

3. Who was the wife of the prophet Hosea?

4. Why did the Samaritan woman think it unusual for Jesus to talk with her?

5. To whom was Sapphira married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ailment did the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter have, and why did Christ initially rebuff her request to heal her daughter?

2. What message did the angel Gabriel give Zacharias and his wife Elisabeth, and what happened to Zacharias when he didn't believe the angel's message?

3. Who was Peninnah?

4. How did a dream about Christ affect Pontius Pilate's wife Claudia, and what did she advise her husband to do as a result?

5. Who was Herodias, and what role did she have in the death of John the Baptist?

6. What did the wise woman of Tekoah influence King David to do?

7. What did Mary Magdalene encounter at Christ's tomb?

8. What does the fact that so many of the women mentioned in the Bible were never named indicate about the role of women in ancient Hebrew society?

9. How was Claudia honored by the Greek Orthodox Church?

10. Who was Lydia, and what was her role in the early church?

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