Short Answer: Final Exam

Question 1

T/F God is able to forgive without punishing sin

Answer 1

False; must always punish sin

Question 2

What event led to the peoples of the earth speaking different languages?

Answer 2

Confusing the languages at the Tower of Babel

Question 3

The main Character in Genesis 1-3 is?

Answer 3

God

Question 4

What is Satan’s goal throughout history?

Answer 4

All of the above

Question 5

T/F The Bible places primary blame on Eve for the entrance of sin and death into the world

Answer 5

False; Adam

Question 6

Name the two trees specifically named in the Garden of Eden

Answer 6

Tree of Life; Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

Question 7

T/F God’s conevant with Abraham in Genesis 15 was bilateral

Answer 7

False; unilateral

Question 8

The root of all human misery is?

Answer 8

Sin

Question 9

T/F The term “sin” only applies to our words and action

Answer 9

False; thoughts too

Question 10

The term “protoevangelion” refers to?

Answer 10

The first telling of the Gospel in Genesis 3

Question 11

Why did God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac?

Answer 11

Test Abraham’s faith and fear of God

Question 12

Which patriarch wrestled with a mysterious stranger all night until daybreak, and received a dislocated hip and a blessing as a result?

Answer 12

Jacob/Israel

Question 13

Which patriarch was sold into slavers, brought to Egypt, and eventually rose to second in command in all Egypt?

Answer 13

Joseph

Question 14

T/F During the period of the patriarchs, God revealed himself only in grace and not in judgment

Answer 14

False; Sodom and Gomorrah

Question 15

Which patriarch is used by the Apostle Paul in the NT as an example of justification?

Answer 15

Abraham

Question 16

According to the NT, the ultimate offspring/descendant of Abraham in whom the promises to Abraham are fulfilled is who?

Answer 16

Jesus

Question 17

T/F Some scholars argue that the plagues were an expression of God’s judgment on the Egyptian gods

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The Passover commemorates what event from Israel’s history?

Answer 18

The Exodus

Question 19

How many men came out of Egypt in the Exodus event?

Answer 19

600,000

Question 20

The Israelites wandered for 40 years in the wilderness because?

Answer 20

They rebelled and would not enter into the promised land after they heard the report of the spies

Question 21

The name LORD communicates what?

Answer 21

I AM

Master and king above all

Question 22

What was the MOST significant aspect of the tabernacle?

Answer 22

God dwelled with His people

Question 23

T/F Israel’s monotheistic faith set them apart from their neighbors

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What is the reason God demands that His people be holy?

Answer 24

Because He is holy

Question 25

Who led Israel to take possession of the Promised Land?

Answer 25

Joshua

Question 26

T/F The times of the judges were times of peace and prosperity for Israel

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Who was the first king of Israel?

Answer 27

Saul

Question 28

What was the PRIMARY reason that the kingdom of Israel split into the Northern (Israel) and Southern (Judah) kingdoms?

Answer 28

Conflict among tribes and inability to get along after Solomon died

Question 29

What was it that distinguished David from Saul?

Answer 29

David was a man after God's own heart

Question 30

Why were both Israel and Judah sent into exile?

Answer 30

They broke the Mosaic Covenant; they lacked faith and obedience

Question 31

What nation destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel?

Answer 31

Assyria

Question 32

The borders of Israel reached their greatest extent during the reign of what king?

Answer 32

King Solomon

Question 33

T/F According to the Bible, none of the kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel were good

Answer 33

True

Question 34

What nation destroyed the Southern Kingdom of Judah?

Answer 34

Babylon

Question 35

T/F Israel's greatest challenge and greatest failure was idolatry

Answer 35

True

Question 36

T/F According to the Bible, none of the kings of the Southern Kingdom of Judah were good

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Which of the twelve tribes of Israel did not receive land?

Answer 37

Levites

Question 38

T/F From the time of Solomon to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the temple was the central element of Israelite worship

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Who led the returned exiles to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem?

Answer 39

Nehemiah

Question 40

Israel's first prophet was?

Answer 40

Samuel

Question 41

What ruler tried to kill Jesus when he was an infant?

Answer 41

King Herod

Question 42

Who led the returned exiles to stop intermarrying with the neighboring Gentiles?

Answer 42

Ezra

Question 43

What is the Septuagint?

Answer 43

Greek translation of Hebrew Old Testament

Question 44

T/F During the time of Jesus, there was virtually no expectation of a Messiah

Answer 44

False; they were expecting a Messiah to save them from Roman rule

Question 45

Why did John the Baptist baptize people?

Answer 45

To show their repentance from sin because the kingdom of God was near

Question 46

What city was Jesus born in?

Answer 46

Bethlehem

Question 47

T/F The MAIN POINT of the account of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness is to teach us how to handle temptation

Answer 47

False; demonstrate His divinity and sinlessness ???

Question 48

The central message of Jesus' preaching was?

Answer 48

The kingdom of God is near

Question 49

What was the name of the Roman governor who ordered Jesus to be crucified?

Answer 49

Pontius Pilate

Question 50

T/F The Last Supper that Jesus celebrated with his disciples was a Passover Meal

Answer 50

True

Question 51

The resurrection of Jesus demonstrated what?

Answer 51

That death was defeated and he was God

Question 52

What did the sign above Jesus' head at his crucifixion say?

Answer 52

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

Question 53

How long did Jesus remain on earth after his resurrection?

Answer 53

40 days

Question 54

What was the name given for Jesus' command to make disciples of all the nations?

Answer 54

The Great Commission

Question 55

The word that summarizes the idea that the Eternal Word took on flesh and dwelled among us as "God with us" is?

Answer 55

Emmanuel

Question 56

The Holy Spirit was poured out at what Jewish Festival?

Answer 56

Pentecost

Question 57

T/F Although it is an important doctrine, there is basically no biblical support for the Trinity

Answer 57

False

Question 58

"God's sovereign reign oven God's people in God's world" is a definition of what concept?

Answer 58

The kingdom of God

Question 59

T/F The church is the primary instrument of God to achieve His purpose on earth

Answer 59

True

Question 60

The person in the early church most responsible for the gospel going to the Gentiles was?

Answer 60

Paul

Question 61

What is God's declaration that a guilty sinner is considered righteous based on the work of Christ in His death and resurrection?

Answer 61

Justification

Question 62

T/F Repentance is something that Christians only do at their conversion; it is not something that is an ongoing part of the Christian life

Answer 62

False; we still sin and so still need to repent

Question 63

What is any lack of conformity to God's moral standards?

Answer 63

Sin

Question 64

What is the ongoing work of spiritual maturity in the life of a believer, by which the believer grows to obey God and trust Him more through the empowering of the Holy Spirit?

Answer 64

Sanctification

Question 65

T/F When Jesus died on the cross as the substitute for sinful humanity, He was subjected to God's righteous wrath against the sins of the world; this is called propitiation

Answer 65

True

Question 66

T/F Different apostles preached different gospels in the early chruch period before eventually agreeing on what the gospel actually is?

Answer 66

False

Question 67

T/F Despite his prominent role during the earthly ministry of Jesus, Simon Peter played virtually no role in the early church

Answer 67

False

Question 68

T/F After a person dies, he or she gets one more chance to repent of their sins and trust in Christ

Answer 68

False

Question 69

Which of the following is NOT a prominent interpretation of the "imago Dei" (image of God)?

Answer 69

Relational Structural Functional

Question 70

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of God revealed in Genesis 1-2?

Answer 70

Immutability

Question 71

Which of the following ceremonies had the greatest significance for Israel?

Answer 71

Passover

Question 72

Which of the following did God NOT promise Abram/Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3

Answer 72

Great nation, great name, blessings, cursings

Question 73

Which of the following is a Jewish group mentioned in the New Testament?

Answer 73

Jewish groups that ARE mentioned in the NT: Pharisees, Sadducees, hellinists

Question 74

Which of the following was NOT an important aspect of Jesus' teaching?

Answer 74

Kingdom of God Forgiveness Righteousness

Question 75

Which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of the New Covenant?

Answer 75

Forgiveness of sins New hearts to trust and obey Sanctification