All Quiz Questions

Question 1

Genesis 3 recounts the story commonly known today as _____________.

Answer 1

the “fall”

Question 2

Genesis 3 describes a talking…

animal

Answer 2

Serpent

Question 3

Adam and Eve ate the fruit from ____________ as a result from their temptation

Answer 3

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

Question 4

After Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they became ashamed that they were:

Answer 4

naked

Question 5

T/F: God’s provision of clothes for Adam and Eve means that God has not given up on his purpose for them, but when they were removed from the Garden they no longer continued to bear God’s image.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Why does Cain kill Abel?

Answer 6

God accepts Abel’s sacrifice but not Cain’s

Question 7

T/F: Genesis 4 recounts Cain’s construction of the first city, the tent-dwelling Jabal who kept livestock, Jubal’s musical abilities, Tubal-Cain’s skill with metals, and Lamech’s poetry (this part of the question is correct). We must assume that this cultural activity is a result of sin.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Choose all correct answers

The flood is…
a. a catastrophic and universal “uncreation”
b. a judgment against sin
c. a seasonal rain that came over the Garden of Eden
d. Satan’s attempt to undo God’s creation

Answer 8

a. a catastrophic and universal “uncreation”
b. a judgment against sin

Question 9

After the family exited the ark, God entered into a ________ with Noah

Answer 9

covenant

Question 10

Select One

Which of the following is not a reason that the people of Babel were disobeying God?
a. they offer improper animal sacrifices to God
b. they created and settled in a city in Mesopotamia rather than spreading out over the whole eart
c. they wanted to create an identity and reputation of their own devising
d. they wanted to establish a kingdom apart from God

Answer 10

a. they offer improper animal sacrifices to God

Question 11

In the beginning of Exodus, the people of Israel are in:

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

What causes the people of Israel to be put into slavery?

Answer 12

A new Pharaoh arose who did not remember Joseph

Question 13

Why did the Israelites groan, causing God to remember the covenant with Abraham?

Answer 13

Pharaoh attempted to kill the Israelites’ newborn boys

Question 14

Why does Moses flee to the land of Midian?

Answer 14

He sees an Egyptian man beating an Israelite, and he kills the Egyptian man in response

Question 15

God identified himself to Moses as:

Answer 15

“I am who I am”

Question 16

According to the authors of DoS, what is important to understand about the plagues is that:

Answer 16

even if there is some natural explanation for the plagues, they demonstrate that God sustains the whole of creation

Question 17

Where does the term “Passover” come from?

Answer 17

The angel of death passed over the Israelites when killing the Egyptian firstborn

Question 18

T/F: God’s holiness is a relatively minor attribute of God’s character

Answer 18

False

Question 19

T/F: God’s holiness is a relatively minor attribute of God’s character

Answer 19

False

Question 20

The Law that God gives to Moses is called:

Answer 20

The Ten Commandments

Question 21

In order to worship God in the desrt, the Israelites build a:

Answer 21

portable tabernacle

Question 22

The Israelites forge a ___________ while they are waiting for Moses to descend the mountain.

Answer 22

Golden Calf

Question 23

God established a covenant with the people of Israel on:

what landmark

Answer 23

a mountain

Question 24

How does Israel lose the ark of the covenant?

Answer 24

The Philistines capture it

Question 25

The ark of the covenant is ________ , which houses ________.

Answer 25

a wooden box…. the ten commandments

Question 26

The loss of the ark symbolizes:

Answer 26

the absence of God’s presence

Question 27

T/F: God commanded Samuel to anoint a king for Israel

Answer 27

Ture

Question 28

The future hope for a __________ came from the imagery associated with Samuel anointing Israel’s first king.

Answer 28

messiah

Question 29

Why is the kingdom taken from Saul?

Answer 29

He took upon himself the role of priest

Question 30

T/F: David tried to dethrone Saul and kill him after Samuel anointed David to be king.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

How does Saul die?

Answer 31

Saul kills himself

Question 32

T/F: After David becomes king, he is told by the prophet Nathan that he will build a home (temple) for God.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

David searches out all of Saul’s family and __________.

Answer 33

shows mercy to them

Question 34

Why did David’s firstborn son die?

Answer 34

David married foreign wives

Question 35

T/F: Although David was guilty of many sins, he is still viewed as the standard by which all other kings were judged.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Why do the Northern tribes rebel against Solomon’s son, Rehoboam?

Answer 36

He refuses to lighten their labor

Question 37

Who becomes king of the Northern tribes after they secede from Judah?

Answer 37

Jeroboam

Question 38

What does the king of the Northern tribes do to replace the Temple?

Answer 38

He sets up two golden calves and a sanctuary

Question 39

T/F: God immediately sends the northern tribes into exile after the division of the kingdom.

Answer 39

False

Question 40

What is the competition between Elijah and the prophets of Baal to prove which god was more powerful?

Answer 40

To call fire down from heaven to consume a sacrifice

Question 41

What event marks the end of the northern kingdom?

Answer 41

The deportation by the Assyrians in 722 BC

Question 42

What group of people deports Judah in 587/586 BC as well as destroys Jerusalem and the temple?

Answer 42

Babylonians

Question 43

What was the name of the king who destroyed Jerusalem and deported the people of the southern kingdom?

Answer 43

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 44

T/F: the message of the prophets is that God has completely given up on his people.

Answer 44

False

Question 45

T/F: King Cyrus, who allows the Israelites to return to the promised land, orders the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

Answer 45

True