Chapter 3: Multiple Choice

Question 1

Issac was:

Answer 1

D: A and B
A: The father of Jacob
B: The son of Abraham

Question 2

God Called ____ to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt

Answer 2

C: Moses

Question 3

Many versions of the old testament use the word Lord for:

Answer 3

A: Yahweh

Question 4

The tenth plague visited upon Pharaoh’s Egypt at the time of Moses resulted in:

Answer 4

B: The death of all firstborn children in Egypt except those protected by God

Question 5

The Jewish Law:

Answer 5

B: Was a gift that established a relationship of love between God and God’s people

Question 6

In 587 B.C.E. the Babylonians:

Answer 6

D: Both A and C
A: Destroyed Jerusalem, including the temple’
C: took thousands of the people of Judah into captivity in Babylon

Question 7

When the Jews returned from Babylon, they were a:

Answer 7

B: A religious community under a high priest

Question 8

The Maccabean Revolt resulted in the:

Answer 8

B: Jewish rebels defeating the Syrian greeks

Question 9

In the few centuries before Jesus’ birth, Judea had become the _____ centre of Judaism

Answer 9

C: Both A and B
A: Religious
B: Geographic

Question 10

When the Romans conquered a country, such as Israel in the century before Jesus, they selected the leader from

Answer 10

A: Among the conquered people themselves