Unit 5: Prophets

Question 0

The names of these division were:

Answer 0

Israel and Judah

Question 1

After the time of Solomon and David, the Promised Land was divided into:

Answer 1

North and South

Question 2

Term for the promised one, the anointed one who will bring peace to all:

Answer 2

Messiah

Question 3

Three of the major prophets were:

Answer 3

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

Question 4

The wicked King and Queen who killed many prophets during Elijah’s time:

Answer 4

Ahab and Jezebel

Question 5

The false god whose prophets tried to light the fire of a sacrifice against Elijah

Answer 5

Baal

Question 6

While on Mount Horeb, Elijah experience God in a:

Answer 6

whispering wind

Question 7

During the time of the prophets, these nations conquered the Promised Land:

Answer 7

Assyria and Babylon

Question 8

The Babylonia Captivity was begun by ____ and lasted about ___ years.

Answer 8

Nebuchadnezzar, 70

Question 9

Isaiah says that the Promised One to be sent will be from:

Answer 9

the root of Jesse

Question 10

The term for the dispersed, the ones taken away, the faithful remnant:

Answer 10

Diaspera

Question 11

The theme of Second Isaiah prophesying the coming of the Messiah:

Answer 11

the Suffering Servant

Question 12

At the end of his book, Jeremiah proclaims to the Chosen People…

Answer 12

a new covenant will be written on their hearts

Question 13

The “Literary masterpiece of the Bible that asks the question about our respond to the nature of suffering and faith”:

Answer 13

Job

Question 14

Who was the Queen during the time of the exile who tries to stop the prime minister of Persia from killing all the Jews:

Answer 14

Esther

Question 15

Who was the Jewish woman who beheads the general Holofernes when he tries to have relations with her:

Answer 15

Judith

Question 16

Where is Daniel placed when he will not stop praying to God in front of the King?

Answer 16

lions’ den

Question 17

Who is the famous Macedonian (or Greek) who conquers the Promised Land, leading to the Hellenization of most of the known world?

Answer 17

Alexander the Great

Question 18

What empires replaces the Greek empire in the century before the birth of Jesus?

Answer 18

Roman

Question 19

What sage and king may have written several of the Wisdom books?

Answer 19

Solomon

Question 20

With a brief explanation, what are the three major topics preached by the prophets?

Answer 20

Morality: keeping God’s commandments
Monotheism: belief and faith in one God
Messiah: the coming of a savior, the one who will save them all

Question 21

What is the central theme of the Book of Job?

Answer 21

Faith beyond understanding