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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Daniel 8 introduce?
(a) The angel Gabriel.
(b) The prophet Elisha.
(c) The devil Satan.
(d) The angel Michael.

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

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

4. What premise do Job's friends take?
(a) That God is spiteful.
(b) That God is loving.
(c) That God is just.
(d) That God is unjust.

5. What do these contradictions reveal?
(a) A confused God.
(b) Misinterpretations by translators.
(c) All that is required of believers.
(d) A God in distress.

6. What is NOT God's motive for creating humankind, making a covenant with Abraham, delivering Israel from Egypt, or driving the Canaanites from the land before them?
(a) Fear.
(b) Peace.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

7. Most often, whose words do the prophets speak?
(a) Joseph's.
(b) Jesus'.
(c) Mary's.
(d) God's.

8. Who are the three major prophets?
(a) John, Jesus, Jacob.
(b) Edward, Ishmael, Jesse.
(c) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel.
(d) Isaac, Joseph, Mark.

9. What is significant about the whirlwind speech?
(a) It is the first time he apologizes for his punishments.
(b) It is the last time God speaks in the Tanakh.
(c) It is the first time he calls himself Father.
(d) It is his most angry speech.

10. What is a mistake God will not repeat?
(a) Anger towards his people.
(b) Arguing with Job.
(c) Creating humankind.
(d) Prophecy.

11. How are the two dream interpreters, Daniel and Joseph, different?
(a) Daniel stays silent, while Joseph exalts God for the gift.
(b) Daniel exalts God for the gift, and Joseph stays silent.
(c) Daniel retaliates against God for the horrible gift, while Joseph exalts him.
(d) Daniel exalts God for the gift, while Joseph retaliates against him.

12. What happens to most of the men in the Book of Ruth?
(a) They are in power.
(b) They die.
(c) They are weak.
(d) They abuse women.

13. God takes notice of problems and acts, but does not reveal this until Isaiah 39.
(a) Love.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Fear.

14. What part of God's character is calm and benign?
(a) Sab.
(b) Eloh.
(c) Mot.
(d) Yah.

15. What is not found in prophecy?
(a) Sanity and calmness.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Fear and wonder.
(d) False prophecy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Job is the climax of the Tanakh. What do the books that follow do?

3. What do the last three Minor Prophets give God?

4. What is inherently unstable in God?

5. How are the Jews saved?

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