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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 was Rachel's relationship with Laban?

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

3. What was the financial status of Lot?

4. What law did Moses pass as a result of the daughters of Zelophad?

5. What was the name of Eve's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what did Hannah pray, and what sacrifice did she have to make once God answered her prayers?

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

3. What was Levirate law, and how did Tamar get her due under this law when her father-in-law denied her rights under it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Eve and Mary, the mother of Christ, as archetypes for motherhood. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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