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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. Who was the first woman in the Bible to die in childbirth?

2. Who wanted to marry Dinah?

3. What sin did Eve commit?

4. Who did Rahab hide in her house?

5. When Potiphar's wife tried to tempt the family's Hebrew overseer to have a romance with her, what did she catch in her hand as he fled her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Queen Vashti and how did she anger her husband and lose her throne?

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

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

4. Why did Eve's son Cain slay his brother Abel?

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

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

7. What roles did Eve have in Adam's life and how did these roles relate to the roles of women in Jewish society during biblical times?

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

9. How has Mary, the mother of Christ, been honored and revered throughout the ages?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the depiction of fallen women in the Bible using Rahab, Gomer, and the Samaritan woman at the well as examples. In what ways were these fallen women metaphors for Israel or for the church? Is there a difference in male attitudes toward fallen women in the Old and New Testaments?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the qualities of a virtuous woman listed in the book of Proverbs and discussed by Edith Deen in her book All the Women of the Bible. Give two examples of women in the Bible who exemplified these virtues and two examples of women in the Bible who did not exemplify these virtues.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Abraham's relationship with Sarah and her son with his relationship with Hagar and her son. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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