Chapter 7

Question 1

Who is the author of “Open My Eyes”?

Answer 1

Betty Stam

Question 2

What are the themes of “Open My Eyes”?

Answer 2

compassion and evangelism

Question 3

Who is the author of “Faith”?

Answer 3

John Wycliffe

Question 4

What work are these lines from: “The ground of a goodness is steadfast faith, or belief. This through grace and mercy, is obtained of God.”?

Answer 4

Faith

Question 5

According to Joh Wycliffe, what is the “ground of goodness”?

Answer 5

faith

Question 6

What literary work is used in these lines: “Lives that are dead”?

Answer 6

paradox

Question 7

Who is the author of “The Martyrdom of John Huss”?

Answer 7

John Foxe

Question 8

What are the themes of “The Martyrdom of John Huss”?

Answer 8

freedom of religion; truth vs. error; faith despite persecution

Question 9

What is the nationality of John Huss?

Answer 9

Bohemian

Question 10

Whose writing did John Huss promote?

Answer 10

John Wycliffe

Question 11

Why does John Huss feel safe enough to go to the Counsil of Constance?

Answer 11

he got a passport from the emperor

Question 12

What is the counsel that John Huss attended after he was met by representatives of the pope?

Answer 12

Counsil of Constance

Question 13

What work are these lines from: “ At length his voice was interrupted by flames, which soon put a period to his mortal life and wafted his undying spirit, which no fire of earth could subdue or touch, to the regions of everlasting glory.”?

Answer 13

The Martyrdom of John Huss

Question 14

Who was the Bohemian who was burned at the stake for his faith?

Answer 14

John Huss

Question 15

What are the themes of “Evidence Not Seen”?

Answer 15

faith and God’s providence

Question 16

What was the nickname given to the small man who “fired the verbal bullets”?

Answer 16

the Interrogator

Question 17

What was the nickname given to the tall man who “formed the verbal bullets”?

Answer 17

the Brain

Question 18

What item do the interrogators accuse Darlene of having?

Answer 18

a radio

Question 19

What does Darlene witness a prisoner obtain from someone outside of the prison?

Answer 19

bananas

Question 20

What changes the interrogator’s mind about Darlene’s testimony and causes her to be sentenced to death?

Answer 20

a false witness saying that they had witnessed Darlene with a radio

Question 21

What food does Darlene request of God?

Answer 21

a banana

Question 22

How does God answer Darlene’s prayer for a banana?

Answer 22

God had Darlene’s old prison guard give her some

Question 23

Who was Mr. Yamaji to Darlene?

Answer 23

her old prison guard

Question 24

Who did God use to give Darlene bananas?

Answer 24

Mr. Yamaji

Question 25

What work are these lines from: "In the quiet of the shadowed cell, He answered back within my heart: "That's what I delight to do, the exceeding abundant above everything you ask or think.' I knew in those moments that nothing is impossible to my God."?

Answer 25

Evidence Not Seen

Question 26

Who is the author of "The Sinking of the Well"?

Answer 26

John G. Paton

Question 27

What is the theme of "The Sinking of the Well"?

Answer 27

God's power and provision

Question 28

What is the main problem on the island in the story "The Sinking of the Well"?

Answer 28

there is no fresh water

Question 29

What did the natives believe would bring rain in "The Sinking of the Well"?

Answer 29

give gifts to their sacred man on behalf of the gods

Question 30

What is John G. Paton one main fear when digging for fresh water in "The Sinking of the Well"?

Answer 30

that it would be salt water and not fresh water

Question 31

What work are these lines from: "It was water! It was fresh water! It was living water from Jehovah's well! True, it was a little brackish, but nothing to speak of..."?

Answer 31

The Sinking of the Well

Question 32

In "The Sinking of the Well" what literary device was used when talking about "Jehovah's living water"?

Answer 32

extended metaphor

Question 33

What are the themes of "For Russia with Love"?

Answer 33

evangelism, compassion, God's providence

Question 34

What is the setting of "For Russia with Love"?

Answer 34

Moscow

Question 35

What are the missionaries doing in Moscow in "For Russia with Love"?

Answer 35

to smuggle Bibles into churches in Russia

Question 36

Who was the man that the missionaries actually met up with in Russia to deliver the Bibles?

Answer 36

Ivanhoff

Question 37

Who does Ivanhoff say will help them smuggle Bibles into churches in Russia?

Answer 37

Markov

Question 38

Where does Markov say they will meet two minutes from to spread Bibles?

Answer 38

Red Square

Question 39

What is brother Andrew given while visiting Ukraine that he considers a treasure?

Answer 39

a pocket-size Bible

Question 40

What happens to the pocket-size Bible while brother Andrew was still in Ukraine?

Answer 40

he gave it to a pastor who did not have one of his own

Question 41

What work are these lines from: "My heart broke. Here was this important man, the spiritual leader of a thousand soul, who did not own a copy of the Bible."?

Answer 41

For Russia with Love

Question 42

What are the themes of "The Gospel in Bonds"?

Answer 42

faith despite persecution, compassion, God's protection

Question 43

What is the item that Georgi Vins takes with him while he is transferred to exile?

Answer 43

the Gospel of Mark

Question 44

What occurs while on the train to when Georgi Vins is being transferred to his exile?

Answer 44

he steps up for an old man who the guards have been beating

Question 45

How long was Georgi Vins's sentence?

Answer 45

10 years

Question 46

How long was Georgi Vins's prison sentence?

Answer 46

5 years

Question 47

What does the commander determine about Georgi Vins Gospel of Mark while they are on the train?

Answer 47

he can keep it

Question 48

What is the testimony that occurs after the commander allows Georgi Vins to keep his Gospel of Mark?

Answer 48

he is able to read it allowed for the prisoners to hear

Question 49

What work are these lines from: "Truth is defenseless, but it is also invincible."?

Answer 49

The Gospel in Bonds

Question 50

What literary device is used in these lines "Truth is defenseless, but it is also invincible."?

Answer 50

personification

Question 51

What were all of the prisoners in Vins's cell accused of?

Answer 51

murder

Question 52

What did the prisoners tell Vins to show them to prove he was a Christian?

Answer 52

his Bible

Question 53

What are the literary devices used in "Seeking to Serve"?

Answer 53

service, evangelism, hypocrisy vs. true faith

Question 54

What was the name of Isobel's visitation partner?

Answer 54

Tommy

Question 55

Where was Isobel studying at when she would go on visitations with Tommy?

Answer 55

Moody Bible Institute

Question 56

What is a person who rejects that which has been accepted in the past; in a religious sense, a person who rejects the idea of absolute truth and is characterized by skepticism?

Answer 56

modernist

Question 57

Who was the modernist pastor that Tommy and Isobel were trying to convert?

Answer 57

Mr. K

Question 58

What work are these lines from: "You and I are a contrasting pair -- you have entered The Misty Flats while I have just found my way out of them back on to the High Way again."?

Answer 58

Seeking to Serve

Question 59

What literary device is used in these lines: "...you have entered The Misty Flats while I have just found my way out of them back on the High Way again."?

Answer 59

metaphor

Question 60

What are the themes of "A Time for Sowing"?

Answer 60

growth and surrender

Question 61

Where does "A Time for Sowing" take place?

Answer 61

Pakistan

Question 62

What does Bilquis Sheikh compare her Christian walk to in "A Time for Sowing"?

Answer 62

a garden

Question 63

What literary device is used throughout "A Time for Sowing"?

Answer 63

extended metaphor

Question 64

What is the event that caused Bilquis Sheikh to become nervous in her Christian walk?

Answer 64

the missionary family the Mitchel's are leaving

Question 65

What is the idea that Bilquis presents to the Bible study group after the Mitchell's left?

Answer 65

invite the lower-class people to attend, not just the higher class and not just Christians

Question 66

What were the two things that God needed to "prune" from Bilquis?

Answer 66

her land and her rest time

Question 67

What work are these lines from: "He did return too. Until, that is, I once again needed a pruning. This time is wasn't the garden, it was my precious rest."?

Answer 67

A Time for Sowing

Question 68

What work are these lines from: "I was beginning to learn thay my responsibility of being a representative of Jesus Christ would not allow me to do anything that would dishonor His Name. And He was also teaching me that one's actions spoke louder than words when it came to witnessing for Christ."?

Answer 68

A Time for Sowing

Question 69

Who is the author of "No Scar?"?

Answer 69

Amy Carmichael

Question 70

What is the theme of "No Scar?"?

Answer 70

self-sacrifice

Question 71

What is Amy Carmichael trying to communicate in her poem "No Scar?"?

Answer 71

she is trying to ask if the reader has ever had to suffer persecution for God

Question 72

What are the literary devices used throughout the poem "No Scar?"?

Answer 72

extended metaphor and imagery

Question 73

What work are these lines from: "Yet as the Master shall the servant be, / And piercèd are the feet that follow Me;/ But thine are whole: can he have followed far/ Who has nor wound nor scar?"?

Answer 73

No Scar?