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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 Mary Magdalene the first woman to see after Christ's death?
(a) His dead body.
(b) The archangel Michael.
(c) His empty tomb.
(d) The Roman soldiers who killed him.

2. Which of the following women was not an idol worshiper?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Judith.
(c) Jezebel.
(d) Maachah.

3. What Philistine woman lured Samson to ruin?
(a) Naarah.
(b) Delilah.
(c) Phebe.
(d) Tamar.

4. Who was Noadiah?
(a) A false prophetess.
(b) A Canaanite idol worshipper.
(c) A leper.
(d) A Hittite queen.

5. From where did the name Mary Magdalene originate?
(a) From a Latin word meaning light.
(b) From a Hebrew word meaning angel.
(c) From Magdala, the Greek form of Migdol or Watchtower.
(d) From a Greek word meaning beloved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did legend give the woman with the issue of blood?

2. What physical affect did the angel's message have on Zacharias?

3. Whose mother dedicated 1,100 shekels of silver to the making of graven images?

4. Who was Jemima?

5. What did Simon Peter's mother-in-law do once she was healed?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. From what affliction did Christ heal Mary Magdalene, and what other possible explanation does Edith Deen say commentators have given for this affliction?

3. How did Christ usually heal people, and what was different about the way he healed the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter?

4. What role did Philip's daughters have in their father's ministry?

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

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

7. Who was Keturah?

8. What request did Salome, the mother of James and John, make of Christ, and what surprising answer did Christ give her?

9. How did Christ's encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well illustrate the universality of God's love?

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

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