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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 did Simeon and Levi murder?
2. What did Abraham tell the Egyptian Pharaoh that his relationship with Sarah was?
3. What was unusual about the pregnancy of Mary, the mother of Jesus?
4. What woman did King Josiah ask to verify whether a scroll contained the word of God?
5. What did Sarah have her maid Hagar do when it looked like God's promise might not manifest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did Mary have in her son's first miracle?
2. What was Levirate law, and how did Tamar get her due under this law when her father-in-law denied her rights under it?
3. When Mary's son Jesus was twelve, what happened during a family trip to Jerusalem for Passover?
4. 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?
5. How did Jacob end up married to Leah when he sought to marry her sister Rachel instead?
6. 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?
7. How did Eliezer select Rebekah to be Isaac's wife?
8. What lie did Potiphar's wife tell about Joseph?
9. How have poets and artists throughout the ages depicted Eve?
10. What message did an angel give the virgin Mary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the concept of polygamy in the Old Testament using at least three of the following men and their wives as examples: Lamech, Jacob, Elkanah, King David, and King Solomon. How did the practice of polygamy affect women? How did the practice of polygamy affect children and their ability to inherit? In what ways was polygamy a metaphor for idolatry? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the Marys from the New Testament: Mary the mother of Christ, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of John Mark, and Mary the sister of Martha. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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