Historical Books of the Old Testament - Week 7-8 Quiz

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Year 1, 3rd Quarter
Tim Swindler
Quiz by Tim Swindler, updated more than 1 year ago
Tim Swindler
Created by Tim Swindler almost 8 years ago
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Question 1

Question
Which is not true?
Answer
  • The northern kingdom is characterized at the beginning by as series of bloody coups.
  • The northern king Rehoboam was concerned that the northern tribes would turn away from him and so he set up golden calves at Dan and Bethel.
  • From 1 kings 11 through the rest of 1-2 kings there is a recurring prophecy-fulfillment motif.
  • Ahijah announced to the man who was over the forced labor of northern tribes that God would make him king of the ten northern tribes.
  • None of the answer provided here is not true.

Question 2

Question
Which of the following kings was Jezebel married to?
Answer
  • Omri
  • Jehu
  • Jeroboam
  • Ahaz
  • None of the answers provided is correct (except this one)

Question 3

Question
The three characteristics of the presentation of Elijah is that he was a miracle worker, a prophet and a New Moses
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Pick the best answer
Answer
  • Elisha only ministered during the reign of one king, Ahaz
  • All of the answers provided are correct.
  • Elisha gives a double-portion of his spirit to Elijah at the River Jordan
  • Elisha worked more miracles than Elijah.
  • Elijah heals a man from leprosy

Question 5

Question
After David and Solomon, the two greatest kings of Judah are Hezekiah and Josiah who both are presented as reformers in the biblical narrative, leading Israel in keeping of the Passover.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The Chronicler shows no absolutely awareness of the affair of David with Bathsheba
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

Question
Attempted to destroy Jerusalem but was defeated miraculously
Answer
  • Assyria
  • Josiah
  • Babylon
  • Elisha

Question 8

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Feeds and entire army with a limited amount of food.
Answer
  • Josiah
  • Hezekiah
  • Elisha
  • Elijah

Question 9

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Offered sacrifice at Carmel as part of a duel with the prophets of Ba'al, who were unable to call fire down from heaven from their god.
Answer
  • Elisha
  • Elijah
  • Josiah
  • Hezekiah

Question 10

Question
Destroyed the Jerusalem Temple and led Judah into exile in the 6th century.
Answer
  • Assyria
  • Babylon
  • Hezekiah
  • Josiah

Question 11

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Showed the Babylonians the treasures of the temple--an err that eventually led to the downfall of Jerusalem
Answer
  • Elisha
  • Elijah
  • Hezekiah
  • Josiah

Question 12

Question
This king led Judah in battle against the Pharaoh and was killed on the plains of Meggido
Answer
  • Elisha
  • Elijah
  • Hezekiah
  • Josiah

Question 13

Question
Which of the following is NOT true?
Answer
  • Eve is presented as a sort of Queen Mother
  • The Queen Mother embodies dynastic succession, i.e., the continuity of the royal line
  • The Hebrew term for the Queen mother is giberah
  • In the biblical narrative, the queen mother plays a prominent role throughout the histories of both the northern and southern kingdoms

Question 14

Question
Which of the following is true about 1-2 Chronicles?
Answer
  • The author is likely a priestly figure
  • 1-2 Chronicles is most likely written before the return from exile
  • The final event mentioned in 1 Chronicles is the decree of Cyrus returning Judah from exile
  • None of the answers provided is correct (except this one)

Question 15

Question
The author of 1-2 Chronicles begins his work with a genealogy that stretches all the way back to Adam, thus identifying the Davidic Kingdom as a kind of fulfillment of God's plan at creation.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

Question
According to the Chronicler, the kingdom of God
Answer
  • is in the hands of the sons of David because of the Davidic covenant is inextricably linked to the temple.
  • is only a future reality, something which Solomon only longed would one day be manifested and which only come when the long awaited messiah arrives and restores Israel after the exile
  • will only come when the Davidic line comes to an end.
  • is present though proper worship, whether that is celebrated in Jerusalem or somewhere else.

Question 17

Question
Which story doe the Chronicler link to the story of Abraham offering Isaac?
Answer
  • None of the answers provided is correct
  • The Passover of Hezekiah
  • The census
  • David's willingness to sacrifice Solomon
  • The elevation of Solomon

Question 18

Question
According to 1-2 Kings and 1-2 Chronicles, the site of the temple of Solomon is "Moriah", the very place where Abraham offered Isaac.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 19

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Construction of Solomon's temple links the sanctuary with creation via "garden" imagery and the motif of the number "seven"
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 20

Question
Which is not one of the reasons scholars have seen for God's disqualification of David as temple builder?
Answer
  • His warfare, i.e., the spilling of blood is understood as pollution
  • this affair with Bathsheba
  • David's murder of Joab
  • The census

Question 21

Question
Which of the following is NOT true about David's role in the building of the temple in Chronicles?
Answer
  • He give Solomon a "pattern" for the temple, evoking the way God gave Moses a "pattern" for the Tabernacle
  • He purchases the land for the future site of the temple, namely, the place where he offered sacrifice to turn back the plague that was triggered by the census
  • He constructed the instruments that would be used in the Temple
  • He re-assigned the Levites, given them knew duties in the Temple
  • None of the answers provided is correct (besides this one) is correct as all of the other options are true

Question 22

Question
In Chronicles, Solomon is said to have sat on the throne of the Lord
Answer
  • True
  • False
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