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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 church has made Pilate's wife a saint?
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(c) The Anglican Church.
(d) The Presbyterian Church.

2. How did Jesus heal Simon Peter's mother-in-law?
(a) By touching her hand.
(b) By giving her a special healing herb.
(c) By giving her a healing glance.
(d) By praying for her.

3. Why was the angel's message hard for Zacharias to believe?
(a) Zacharias thought the message was a dream.
(b) Zacharias didn't believe in miracles.
(c) Elisabeth was not young and was unable to conceive.
(d) Zacharias didn't believe in angels.

4. In what town did Mary and Martha live?
(a) Bethlehem.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Joppa.
(d) Naples.

5. For what did Jesus ask the Samaritan woman?
(a) A drink of water.
(b) A room in which to spend the night.
(c) A meal.
(d) Directions to the local temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Old Testament name was an older form of Mary?

2. What request did Salome make of Jesus?

3. What was Sapphira's greatest sin?

4. Who anointed Jesus' feet with a costly perfumed ointment and wiped them with her hair?

5. From where did the name Mary Magdalene originate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What role did Mary, the mother of James and Joses, have in Christ's life and ministry?

5. What illness did Simon Peter's mother-in-law develop, and how did Jesus heal her?

6. How did Jesus heal the woman with the spirit of infirmity?

7. How did Sapphira and her husband Ananias try to deceive the early church, and what was their greatest sin?

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

9. What miracle did Elisha perform with a poor widow's oil?

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

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