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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what famous child did Elisabeth give birth?

2. What act of Rebekah's did Eliezer think was a sign from God?

3. In what country was Jochebed born?

4. What was the name of Eve's husband?

5. What was Ruth's relationship to Naomi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What objects did Rachel steal from her father's house when she left with Jacob, and what did her taking of these objects indicate?

4. What natural explanation did Edith Deen provide in All the Women of the Bible for Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt?

5. What qualities did the book of Proverbs list as the attributes of a virtuous woman?

6. What role did Mary have in her son's first miracle?

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

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

9. 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?

10. What lie did Potiphar's wife tell about Joseph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the depiction of women in the Bible as daughters, wives, mothers, and widows. What did these traditional female roles depict about Middle Eastern society during biblical times and the status of women in that society? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast at least three of the following mothers: Hannah, Rebekah, Elisabeth, Mary the mother of Christ, and Herodias. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ruth's relationship with Naomi. How did this relationship parallel the relationship of God with Israel? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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