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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. Who was the only woman to ever sit on the throne of David and rule?

3. What was Ruth's relationship to Naomi?

4. How did Eve's husband respond when she tempted him?

5. What was Dinah's relationship to Leah and Jacob?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Edith Deen speculate that the life of Lot's wife was like prior to her demise?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compare and contrast any three of the women healed by Christ in the New Testament. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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