Test1.Chapter1.ReviewQuestions

Question 1

What is the story of Gen 3?

Answer 1

The serpent comes to Eve and tempts her to eat from the forbidden tree.
The serpent tells her that she will not die, but instead know good and evil, being more like God. Eve listens to the serpent and eats from it. She also brings some to Adam and he eats as well. They become aware of their nakedness, and become ashamed. Knowing they’ve sinned, they hide in the garden until God comes. Adam blames Eve. Eve blames the serpent. God curses the serpent to slither on its belly for all eternity. God explains that Women must now endure much pain during childbirth. They will also be ruled over by their husbands. Men must now tool and work to produce food. All people will now have to die.
God clothes them and forces them out of the garden.
An angel with a flaming sword is placed at the garden gate to prevent anyone from returning and eating of the Tree of Life.

Question 2

What is the order of creation in Gen 1?

Answer 2

Day 1: God made light and dark
Day 2: God made the water and sky
Day 3: God made the land (with vegetation), and separated it from the seas
Day 4: God made the sun, moon and stars, seasons, days, and years
Day 5: God made creatures for the sea and sky
Day 6: God made land animals, Adam and Eve
God rested on the 7th day

Question 3

How is the order of creation in Gen 2 different from Gen 1?

Answer 3

In Gen 2, God created Adam and Eve before the plants and animals. He gives Adam the plants and animals, so he can have companionship with the animals and work and get food from the plants. He then makes Eve, because the animals weren’t enough for Adam in terms of companionship.

Question 4

In _________, God is at some distance from creation and so creates by the spoken word, like a king who issues orders that are immediately obeyed and carried out.

Answer 4

Gen 1

Question 5

How is Adam created in Gen 1?

In Gen 2?

Answer 5

In Gen 1, God speaks the command and it is done.

In Gen 2, God forms Adam from the ground and then blows life-giving air into him.

Question 6

What is the literary style of Gen 2?

Answer 6

a narrative with dialogue, characters and plot.

Question 7

What is the term for God in Gen 2?

Answer 7

LORD God, LORD all caps

Question 8

In ________, the lord creates as needs arise. The LORD is especially aware of and attentive to human needs.

Answer 8

Gen 2

Question 9

In _______ the scope or scale of creation is universal, all-encompassing.

Answer 9

Gen 1

Question 10

What is the term used for God in Gen 1?

Answer 10

the common Hebrew word for God; Elohim

Question 11

In _________ the scope or scale of creation is limited to the land.

Answer 11

Gen 2

Question 12

What is the literary style of Gen 1?

Answer 12

The story has a rhythmic, poetic quality, with parallelism and repetition.

Question 13

In _______, creation takes place in an orderly process that gives the impression of intentionality from beginning to end.

Answer 13

Gen 1

Question 14

Describe what happens to our understanding of God when we permit Gen 1 and 2 to contain two distinct stories.

Answer 14

We are able to see God in two different ways. Both caring and attentive to the needs of humans, and all-powerful and benevolent.

Question 15

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a song that gives praise to the creator.  
A) Psalm 33
B) Psalm 74
C) Proverbs 8
D) Psalm 104

Answer 15

A) Psalm 33

Question 16

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ expresses pleas of the Jewish people in Babylonian captivity. It employs god to remember the people of Isreal and come to their aid. The author describes God as if he has abandoned them, and he is begging for him to return and help.
A) Psalm 104
B) Psalm 74
C) Psalm 33
D) Proverbs 8

Answer 16

B) Psalm 74

Question 17

In \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ , woman wisdom tells how to gain wisdom. The verse praises her moral excellence and value. States that wisdom is available, but you must want it and pray for it. Wisdom is truth.
A) Psalm 104
B) Psalm 74
C) Psalm 33
D) Proverbs 8

Answer 17

D) Proverbs 8

Question 18

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a hymn praising God, by describing the story of creation. The psalmist describes God’s splendor in the heavens, how the chaotic waters were tamed to fertilize and feed the world, and how primordial night was made into a gentle time of refreshment. The psalmist reacts to the beauty of creation with awe. "May sin not deface God’s work!"
A) Psalm 33
B) Psalm 74
C) Proverbs 8
D) Psalm 104

Answer 18

D) Psalm 104

Question 19

What are the 4 relationships established in Gen 1 and 2?

Answer 19

God/Human
Human/Land
Human/Animal
Male/Female

Question 20

What are some specific claims that Genesis 1 or 2 might make against Babylonian or Egyptian beliefs?

Answer 20

There is only one God.

Only one God created everything.

Question 21

The land area roughly equivalent to nations from modern Egypt on the West to Iran in the East is known as the __________.

Answer 21

Ancient Near East

Question 22

A _______ is a story of the origins of the world and/or the universe.

Answer 22

cosmogony

Question 23

An _____ is a story of how something began.

Answer 23

etiology

Question 24

A _____ is a type or category of a written work (e.g. poem, novel, myth, or history).

Answer 24

genre

Question 25

A family chosen by God to become a mighty nation and to bless the world.

Answer 25

Israel

Question 26

A club for combat that has one larger end, often laced with metal spikes. Marduk used one to crush the head of Tiamat.

Answer 26

Mace