Trial Exam
Bible Content Trial Exam
All biblical quotations have been taken from the NRSV.
1. According to Genesis 1, on the fifth day God created:
2. In the book of Genesis, God's promise to Abram follows most closely on which story?
3. What was the meaning God gave to the divine name when God revealed it to Moses at the burning bush?
4. What happened when Sarai was taken into the Pharaoh's house?
5. In which book is the following benediction: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace."
6. In which book is found "You shall love your neighbor as yourself?"
7. "Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." This appears in which book?
8. "I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you" was spoken to whom?
9. The feast celebrating the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt is called:
10. What did Jacob call the place where "he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar"?
11. Which book contains the following words: "one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord"?
12. In which book is the following saying found: "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy"?
13. What were the cities of refuge?
14. What is the first of the Ten Commandments?
15. According to Genesis, Jacob's brother, Esau, settled in the hill country of Seir. Which nation does he represent?
16. Who proclaimed the rise of a prophet like himself?
17. When the Gospel of John says, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," to which story in Numbers is it referring?
18. Who was spared in the destruction of Jericho?
19. As Israel became a monarchy, how was Samuel involved?
20. Over which country was Ahab king?
21. What "nazirite to God from birth" would "begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines"?
22. To what town did Naomi and Ruth return from Moab?
23. Which city did Omri build that became the capital of the Northern Kingdom?
24. King Artaxerxes of what country gave permission to Ezra and others to return to Jerusalem?
25. Who tells the parable of the rich man and the poor man who "had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought"?
26. Which is NOT one of the sacred occasions traditionally associated with Moses?
27. Why did Joshua gather all of the tribes of Israel at Shechem?
28. under whose leadership were the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt?
29. Who were separated from one another by a chariot and horses of fire?
30. Hezekiah initiated significant reforms in which country?
31. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord," is found in which of the following books?
32. In which book do these quotations appear: "Cursed be the day on which I was born!"; "Why does the way of the guilty prosper?"; and "Is there no balm in Gilead?"
33. Which book contains the following quotation: "O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you...I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me..."?
34. Which prophet declared, "Thus says the Lord: 'For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals..."?
35. This quotation appears in which prophetic book: "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel?...My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender."
36. Whose voice is prominent in the book of Lamentations?
37. Which prophet justified his behavior by saying, "I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing"?
38. Which book contains the following: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks"?
39. Who prophesied after the return from Babylonian exile?
40. Which prophet complained that God enticed him, overpowered him, and made him a laughingstock all day long?
41. Which book contains the following words: "The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones"?
42. "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt" is found in which book?
43. "I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" is found in which of the following books?
44. In which book does this quotation appear: "I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I; send me"?
45. Which prophet spoke the words of promise quoted in Acts 2, "I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh"?
46. About what city was the prophet Nahum speaking when he said, "I will let nations look on your nakedness and kingdoms on your shame. I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt, and make you a spectacle"?
47. Where is Israel referred to repeatedly as the servant of the Lord?
48. In which book is the following quotation found: "Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?"
49. According to Psalm 137, what place provides the context for the following words: "On the willows there we hung up our harps"?
50. In which book does the following appear: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight"?
51. "Go and eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do. Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head" is found in which book?
52. "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave" is found in which book?
53. Which of the following statements is found in Ecclesiastes?
54. "What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord" is found in which book?
55. Who says, "I am young in years and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you"?
56. Who declares, "By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; by me rulers rule, and nobles, and all who govern rightly. I love those who love me and those who seek me diligently find me"?
57. With what words do the last five Psalms all begin?
58. Which of the following teachings is NOT found in the Gospel according to Matthew?
59. At what point in Matthew's Gospel does Jesus say, "For all who take the sword will perish by the sword"?
60. According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, what did Jesus do just after he was baptized?
61. What special favor did Mary and Martha ask from Jesus?
62. In Luke 10, what is the question that prompts Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan?
63. What did the woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years believe would bring about her healing?
64. Which of the following familiar phrases is NOT taken from the Bible?
65. According to Luke, who was the Roman Emperor at the time when John and Jesus began their public ministries?
66. In which Gospel do blood and water flow from Jesus' dead body after it is stabbed by a spear?
67. The conclusion of Mark's Gospel includes which of the following sentences?
68. To whom, and on what occasion, was it said, "Certainly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean"?
69. Where can you find Jesus telling a parable about a sower who sows seed in different types of ground?
70. Which of the following gospels tells of Jesus' driving the money changers out of the temple near the beginning of his ministry?
71. Jesus said that Moses permitted men to divorce their wives for what reason?
72. Who asked, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?"
73. In Luke's Gospel, the centurion who witnessed Jesus' death remarked, "Certainly this man was..."
74. Which of the following appears in the Gospel of Mark?
75. Which of the following statements does NOT appear in the first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke?
76. What is Paul's situation at the end of the book of Acts?
77. According to the book of Acts, what sparks a riot in Ephesus?
78. What is the issue that prompts the gathering in Jerusalem in Acts 15?
79. How does Paul answer the question, "Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?"
80. Which letter contains this quotation: "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love"?
81. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God - not the result of works, so that no one may boast" occurs in which book?
82. "For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." Where is this found?
83. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" is found in which book?
84. "Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever" occurs in which book?
85. In which letter does Paul say, "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ"?
86. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." From which letter does this quotation come?
87. Which book warns of a time when a figure known as "the lawless one" will be revealed?
88. In Romans 9-11, as Paul discusses the fate of the Jewish people and their place in God's plan, which of the following statements does he make?
89. How does this quotation from Philippians end: "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling..."?
90. What is the conclusion of this retrospective view of Paul's career: "I have fought the good fight..."?
91. The quotation, "Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith" is found in which book?
92. "Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds" is found in which of the following?
93. Which book includes the following: "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance"?
94. According to 1 John 1, the message being proclaimed is what?
95. Which book contains the following: "Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house..."?
96. Which of the following does NOT appear in the book of James?
97. Because "we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses," what should we do?
98. Which book contains the following quotation: "You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture...For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it"?
99. In the book of Revelation, what causes John to weep bitterly?
100. According to the book of Revelation, what will the Lord do?
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