Unit Test (3)

Question 1

Which judge started with an army of 32,000 but only took 300 into battle?

Answer 1

Gideon

Question 2

Why was the appeal to the Exodus experience in the Covenant Code important?

Answer 2

reminds the people what it was like to be a member of an underprivileged social class

Question 3

Banstra says that a judge is a sort of superhero.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In what year (roughly) did David become king?

Answer 4

around 1000 BCE

Question 5

Exodus 16-24 provides an account of the Israelites’ journey from Egypt to:

Answer 5

Sinai

Question 6

What was the major innovation of the early monarchy?

Answer 6

the army

Question 7

What was Achan’s punishment?

Answer 7

He, along with his entire household (including women and children), was stoned to death

Question 8

What happens after Saul’s death?

Answer 8

David is chosen king and establishes his capital at Hebron

Question 9

What is the difference between the minor prophets and the Book of the 12?

Answer 9

no difference

Question 10

Explained in some sources as a punishment from Yahweh, who did not enter the Promised Land?

Answer 10

Moses

Question 11

What is the primary meaning of the Hebrew word translated “holiness”?

Answer 11

separation

Question 12

Which three Pentateuch sources can be found in the book of Exodus?

Answer 12

J, E & P

Question 13

What did Absalom do to demonstrate that David was no longer in charge?

Answer 13

have sexual relations with all ten of David’s concubines

Question 14

What is the name of the prophet who played a significant role in several stories about David, including one where David is rebuked for adultery and subsequent act of murder?

Answer 14

Nathan

Question 15

Who was Saul’s son and was also a friend of David?

Answer 15

Jonathan

Question 16

Name three of the Ten Commandments:
A. do not steal
B. do not murder
C. do not lie
D. love your neighbor as yourself
E. remember the sabbath day to keep it holy

Answer 16

A. do not steal
B. do not murder
E. remember the sabbath day to keep it holy

Question 17

Which source is credited with writing the book of Leviticus?

Answer 17

P

Question 18

Who did the Hebrews request to appoint a king over them so they would be “like other nations”?

Answer 18

Samuel

Question 19

What does God regret doing, according to 1 Samuel?

Answer 19

choosing Saul

Question 20

Who raped his half-sister Tamar?

Answer 20

Amnon

Question 21

According to 1 Samuel, whom does God choose to be the first king of Israel?

Answer 21

Saul

Question 22

What are the Nevi’im?

Answer 22

prophets

Question 23

Who dedicates her son to the service of God because God blessed her with fertility?

Answer 23

Hannah

Question 24

Who had a nemesis named Delilah?

Answer 24

Samson

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT an attribute in relation to David as he is depicted in the Deuteronomistic History?

Answer 25

representation of purity

Question 26

In premonarchic Israel, when "there was no king in Israel," the highest authority at the tribal level was the ________.

Answer 26

judge

Question 27

Who killed his half-brother, drove his father out of the capital city, slept with his father's concubines, but was later killed by the commander of his father's troops?

Answer 27

Absalom

Question 28

Although most scholars say that for a variety of reasons such an attribution is impossible, who was identified as the author of the Pentateuch in pre-critical tradition?

Answer 28

Moses

Question 29

The "Ritual Decalogue" got its name because it

Answer 29

is primarily concerned with rituals for worship

Question 30

During David's reign as king who had control over the religious institutions?

Answer 30

David

Question 31

According to ancient traditions, who was the primary heir within the family?

Answer 31

the eldest son

Question 32

Which judge took a Nazarite vow?

Answer 32

Samson

Question 33

The book of Deuteronomy is linked with which king of Judah?

Answer 33

Josiah

Question 34

Which books are contained in the Deuteronomistic History?

Answer 34

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Deuteronomy, and Kings

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT true? David's power base, before becoming king, was in southern Judah David was anointed king by Elijah

Answer 35

David was anointed king by Elijah

Question 36

A formula found four times in Judges (including the final verse of the book) is the phrase:

Answer 36

"In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes."

Question 37

What cycle is found in the premonarchic period of the judges among the Israelites?

Answer 37

sin, punishment, repentance and deliverance

Question 38

A later version of many of the same events narrated in 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings is found in the books of:

Answer 38

Chronicles

Question 39

What are the books in the Former Prophets?

Answer 39

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

Question 40

Which of the following is a type of absolute or unconditional law, of which the Ten Commandments is an example?

Answer 40

apodictic

Question 41

The books of Samuel contain stories about three main characters. Who are they?

Answer 41

Samuel, David, and Saul

Question 42

Joshua

Answer 42

led Hebrews in battles against Jericho and other towns and cities of Canaan

Question 43

Miriam

Answer 43

Moses' sister; like Moses, called a prophet; rebels (along with Aaron) against Moses' leadership

Question 44

Balaam

Answer 44

though ordered to curse the Israelites, blessed them instead

Question 45

Jael

Answer 45

killed Canaanite general Sisera by hammering tent peg through his temple

Question 46

Gibeonites

Answer 46

n order to avoid being destroyed, deceived the Israelites into making a covenant with them

Question 47

Rahab

Answer 47

assisted the Israelites in conquering Jericho

Question 48

Philistines

Answer 48

a group of "Sea Peoples"; fought with Israel for control of Canaan

Question 49

Zippporah

Answer 49

wife of Moses

Question 50

Eli

Answer 50

priest who had two sons: Hophni and Phineas

Question 51

Jonathan

Answer 51

son of Saul