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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 did King Josiah ask to verify whether a scroll contained the word of God?

2. What did Sarah have her maid Hagar do when it looked like God's promise might not manifest?

3. What was Sarah's name before God changed it to Sarah?

4. Where did Eve and her husband live?

5. Where did Abraham's servant Eliezer first meet Rebekah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Esther save her uncle Mordecai from a hanging?

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

3. What two roles did Deborah have that were unusual for women of her era?

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

5. How did Jacob end up married to Leah when he sought to marry her sister Rachel instead?

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

7. Why did motherhood become a painful experience for Eve and her female descendants?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the depiction of women as temptresses or corrupters of men in the Bible using Eve, Potiphar's wife, and Delilah as examples.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Tamar, Lot's daughters, Sarah and Hannah as examples of the importance of motherhood in Middle Eastern society during the Bible era. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Esther, Ruth, and Rebekah. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

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