Test1.WhoAmI

Question 1

The first human ever created. Was talked into eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge.

Answer 1

Adam

Question 2

God of fresh water, father of Anshar and Kishnar. Wanted to kill his grandchildren for being too noisy, so he could get some sleep.

Answer 2

Apsu

Question 3

The city of ______ first appears in the Bible during the story of the tower of Babel ( Gen. 11 ). The Hebrew word for “confused” in verse 9 is babal. The great evil of the tower builders is their sinful pride against the rule of God. So God confuses their language and names the city this.

Answer 3

Babylon

Question 4

The God of wisdom and magic. Killed Apsu after putting him to sleep with a clever spell, and built a city over Apsu’s body where he established his private quarters. Father of Marduk. Went to face Tiamat in battle, only to retreat in fear.

Answer 4

Ea

Question 5

the garden where, according to the account in Genesis, Adam and Eve first lived.

Answer 5

Eden

Question 6

The first female to exist. Was made from the rib of Adam. After a conversation with Satan, was convinced to eat from the Tree of Knowledge.

Answer 6

Eve

Question 7

A mythological sea serpent that often represents chaotic forces that stand against life.

Answer 7

Leviathan

Question 8

A powerful God, superior in every way. Had four eyes to perceive everything, four enormous ears, and when he spoke, fire blazed from his mouth. Received the 4 winds from his father. “Majesty of Gods.” Declared that if he beat Tiamat in battle, his word would be law. Killed Tiamat by releasing the evil wind, which she swallowed, inflating her belly until he shot it with an arrow, making it explode. Was made king because of his win against Tiamat. He decided to make himself a place to live, “I hereby name it Babylon, the home of the great Gods, the center of religion.”

Answer 8

Marduk

Question 9

The Egyptian Sun god. In one version of the egyptian story of creation, he wanted to create other gods for company, so he mated with his shadow. He gave birth to his son by spiting him out, and his daughter by vomitting. His children got lost, and he sent his one removable eye to search for them. His eye found them, and upon their return, he cried. Humans were formed from his tears.

Answer 9

Ra

Question 10

Serpant god of salt water, mother of Anshar and Kishnar. Did not want to kill her grandchildren for being too noisy. Tried to seek revenge for the murder of her husband, but was killed by Marduk. Her body was split in two and turned into the earth and sky. Her eyes became the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Her “udder” became mountains.

Answer 10

Tiamat

Question 11

In Proverbs 8, represents the daughter of God, born before the creation of the world.
“I was like a child by his side”.
At least one purpose for this vivid personification is to stress that __________ is a reliable guide to life because she saw how the world was created and understands how it works.

Answer 11

Woman Wisdom

Question 12

Was promoted to leader of Tiamat’s Army, and was given the Tablet of Destinies. After Tiamat’s death, was killed and his blood was used to create mankind.

Answer 12

Kingu

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Question 13

One of the most well-known stories of creation in the ancient Near East, the ________ is a Babylonian epic poem describing the beginnings of the cosmos, the birth of the gods, the rise to dominance of the god Marduk, and the creation of humanity.

Answer 13

“Enuma Elish”, or “The Epic of Creation”

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Question 14

contains the future in writing. The God who holds it has the authority to set laws and decree what will happen in the future

Answer 14

Tablet of Destinies

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Question 15

A herdsman who was killed by his brother.

Answer 15

Abel

Question 16

The Hebrew word for “confused” in Genisis is ________.

Answer 16

Babel

Question 17

A farmer who kills his brother.

Answer 17

Cain

Question 18

An agreement between two parties, whether they are nations (e.g. treaty) or individuals (e.g. marriage), that sets expectations, promises for obedience, and curses for obedience.

Answer 18

Covenant

Question 19

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, this God grants Utnapishtam and his wife eternal life after they survived the flood.

Answer 19

Ea

Question 20

Fist woman. Was created from the rib of Adam.

Answer 20

Eve

Question 21

Best friend of Gilgamesh, kills the Bull of Heaven, and is killed for it.

Answer 21

Enkidu

Question 22

Turns away the advances of Ishtar. Best friends of Enkidu. After Ekidu is killed, (and he finally accepts his death after a worm falls from his dead body that he had been keeping) he develops a pathological fear of his own mortality and goes on a quest to find the secret to eternal life.

Answer 22

Gilgamesh

Question 23

Son of Noah who boasts to his brothers about seeing his father naked.

Answer 23

Ham

Question 24

Goddess who is in love with Gilgamesh. Becomes furious when he turns her down, and she sends the Bull of Heaven to strike him down.

Answer 24

Ishtar

Question 25

Name that means enlargement, the second of Noah’s three sons. He and his wife were two of the 8 saved in the ship during the flood. “God shall enlarge _______” (Genesis 9:27.)

Answer 25

Japheth

Question 26

Builds a boat to house his family and a pair of each animal under God’s direction.

Answer 26

Noah

Question 27

A son of Adam and Eve (and the third one named in Scripture), was born after Cain murdered Abel (Genesis 4:8). Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel and named him _____, because the name means “set in place of.” Later, when he was 105 years old, his son Enosh was born (Genesis 4:26), and Enosh continues what is sometimes called “the godly line of ______” that leads to Abraham.

Answer 27

Seth

Question 28

the eldest son of Noah. (Genesis 5:32) He was 98 years old, married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he, with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and wife, received the blessing of God, (Genesis 9:1) and entered into the covenant.

Answer 28

Shem

Question 29

Appears in the story of Adam and Eve as Satan. Appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh and steals the plant of eternal life.

Answer 29

Snake

Question 30

God instructs Adam and Eve to not eat from the ____________.

Answer 30

Tree of Knowledge

Question 31

Gilgamesh seeks out _________ , a man who, along with his wife, had been granted eternal life after surviving the great flood. Thanks to the God Ea, he knew to build a great boat (comparable to Noah). After the flood, Ea blesses him and his wife with immortality. He told Gilgamesh how to get eternal life, (do not sleep for 6 days and 7 nights, plant at the bottom of the sea.) but Gilgamesh failed at attaining both.

Answer 31

Utnapishtam