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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is "the earth shall be full of knowledge of the Lord/as the waters cover the sea" a description?
(a) Heaven on earth.
(b) The peaceable kingdom in Isaiah 11.
(c) The ocean at rest.
(d) God's kingom in Genesis 1.

2. What type of presence is God in Isaiah?
(a) A true presence.
(b) A solid presence.
(c) An absent presence.
(d) A presence that is somewhat absent.

3. Even the goodness he sees in his own work did not bring God this.
(a) Joy.
(b) Disapproval.
(c) Anger.
(d) Disappointment.

4. What are the earlier Hebrews careful not to do, although their neighbors would have done this?
(a) Sexualize God.
(b) Emotionalize God.
(c) Fear God.
(d) Anger God.

5. What do the six books from Song of Songs to Daniel share?
(a) The same theme.
(b) The reaction of various types of reporters.
(c) The criticism of God.
(d) The same narrator.

6. In the Book of Job, from whom does God take a bet?
(a) Job.
(b) Yahweh.
(c) Elohim.
(d) Satan.

7. How many solutions are there to the "problem of evil?"
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

8. For what do the last three Minor Prophets set the stage?
(a) Change.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

9. What need not always be an element in either Jewish identity or Jewish self-defense?
(a) Adhering to the Ten Commandments.
(b) Fidelity to the Jewish religion.
(c) Belief in the creation story.
(d) The clothing requirements decreed by God.

10. Who is a Jewish orphan who later marries Ahasuerus, the king of Persia?
(a) Bathsheba.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Esther.

11. What book of the Bible has long been a favorite in literary circles?
(a) Mark.
(b) John.
(c) Job.
(d) Matthew.

12. How is Mordecai's reaction to the plot of Haman different from the reactions by past Jews in similar situations?
(a) He repents for his sins.
(b) He begs for guidance.
(c) He prays to God for help.
(d) He performs mourning rituals, but does not pray to God for his life.

13. What does Job choose over God?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Revenge.

14. Who tempts Yah to impose great suffering on Job?
(a) Sherah.
(b) Eloh.
(c) Sab.
(d) Mot.

15. What tribe is the only one to survive the exile as an intact entity?
(a) The tribe of Benjamin.
(b) The tribe of Judah.
(c) The tribe of Levi.
(d) The tribe of Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What celebration marks this event?

2. What does God do in Is. 40:2?

3. What Book does he move to complete absence?

4. God reduces Job to silence, but what does Job do to God thereafter?

5. What is another word for solitude?

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