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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. What woman's house was built over the gap between the two walls of Jericho?

2. What other painters did the story of Lot's wife inspire in addition to the painter who created "Flight of Lot"?

3. What was Ruth's relationship to Naomi?

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

5. From what part of her husband's body did God create Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was God's promise to Sarah and why did its fulfillment seem impossible?

2. How did Eliezer select Rebekah to be Isaac's wife?

3. Why did Simeon and Levi murder their sister Dinah's husband Shechem?

4. How have poets and artists throughout the ages depicted Eve?

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

6. How did Rebekah's younger son Jacob steal his father's blessing and inheritance from his older brother Esau?

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

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

10. How did children become an issue of conflict between Rachel and Leah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Widow of Zarephath and the Shunammite woman, and their experiences with Elijah and Elisha. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Pick any three of the unnamed women or unnamed groups of women in the Bible and discuss their importance, despite their anonymity. What did their unnamed status say about the role of women in Middle Eastern society during Bible times? How might the stories of these women differ if their societies had been matriarchal rather than patriarchal societies?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the daughters of Zelophedad and their fight to inherit their father's property during an era in which women had no property rights. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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