Bible Content Exam 10
All biblical quotations have been taken from the NRSV.
1. For what use did Abraham purchase a field in Machpelah?
2. Whom did the Lord name when Moses, nearing death, asked for a successor?
3. What do the food laws in Leviticus forbid the people to eat?
4. Who was Rebekah's husband?
5. In which of the following books does Moses view the promised land from Mt. Nebo?
6. Who directed the making of the golden calf?
7. What is the focus of the conversation between Eve and the serpent?
8. Which person does not appear in the stories about Abraham?
9. Whom was Joseph accused of molesting?
10. What did the Passover festival celebrate?
11. References to Melchizedek, king of Salem, in the Epistle to the Hebrews presuppose an account in which Old Testament book?
12. Which of the following is a central theme of Leviticus?
13. What were the cities of refuge?
14. "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
of the following?
15. When Abram and Sarai went to Egypt, he asked her to say she was his sister. What
resulted?
16. According to Leviticus. what does the Jubilee year require?
17. What was the name of Jacob's youngest son, who was born in the promised land?
18. In the Book of Esther, who was furious with Mordecai?
19. Why was the prostitute Rahab saved from the destruction of Jericho?
20. Where does the following quotation appear: "Choose this day whom you will serve...
but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord"?
21. Who does not belong on this list?
22. "With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have
slain a thousand men," was said by whom?
23.To whom does the following refer: "So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she
beat out what she had gleaned"?
24. Why did David refuse to take Saul's life when he had the chance?
25. Which of the following kings does not belong on this list?
26. Nebuchadnezzar was most closely associate with which country?
27. Reading the book of the covenant, purifying the Jerusalem temple, and
celebrating the Passover are all associated with whom?
28. Who said, "I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the
Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed
your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to
take it away"?
29. After the temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Babylonians, which
king issued the command to rebuild it?
30. Which queen was deposed for disobeying her husband's command?
31. Which of these was a prophet in Judah in the days of Hezekiah?
32. Which prophet declared: "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown"?
33. "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord" occurs in which book?
34. What was the point of these symbolic actions of Ezekiel: lying on his left side 390 days,
then on his right side 40 days; shaving off his hair and beard; digging through a wall and
crawling though it with his baggage?
35. Which of the following familiar phrases is not taken from the Bible?
36. Which prophet is identified as from "among the shepherds"?
37. 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"'?
38. What did the great image represent which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream?
39. Which prophet was locked up, thrown into a well, and forced to go to Egypt against his
will?
40. To which prophet did the word of the Lord come, saying: "Before I formed you in the
womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you"?
41. "A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from
your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh," is found in which book?
42. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord," is
found in which of the following?
43. "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?
44. These quotations, "Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people," and "They made
kings, but not through me," are from which book?
45. Which prophet said that the Lord requires Israel "to do justice. and to love kindness, and to
walk humbly with your God"?
46. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes
to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal
of a donkey." This is found in which book?
47. Which prophetic book envisions a future in which "your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions"?
48. What book concludes with the following verse: "Make haste, my beloved, and be like a
gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of spices"?
49. With what lines does Psalm 51 begin?
50. In the final chapter of the book of Job, with whom is God angry?
51. According to Psalm 137, to what place did the Psalmist refer when writing: "On
the willows there we hung up our harps"?
52. Who said this: "A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,
comes up like a flower and withers, flees like a shadow and does not last"?
53. "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the
earth" is found in which book?
54. How is God praised in Psalm 150?
55. How is this affirmation in Psalm 91 completed: "You who live in the shelter of
the Most High..."
56. "They are like trees planted by streams of water" (Psalm 1) refers to which of the
following?
57. God answers out of the whirlwind in response to which of the following persons?
58. In the Gospel of Luke, who prayed, "God, I thank you that I am not like other people"?
59. The parables about the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the two sons are found in which of the
following?
60. In John 1, how does John the Baptist identify Jesus?
61. Who said, "In the resurrection whose wife will she be"?
62. In Luke, who says, "Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to
your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence
of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel"?
63. The words, "You have heard that it was said... but I say to you..." appear in which of the
following contexts?
64. In John 4 what did Jesus offer the Samaritan woman?
65. The Parable of the Sower is found in which of the following Gospels?
66. According to Luke, what happened to Jesus after he preached in the synagogue of
Nazareth?
67. Who responded to Jesus by saying: "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God"?
68. Which of the following are words of the risen Jesus?
69. Which book contains Jesus' appearance after his resurrection to two disciples on the road
to Emmaus?
70. The Gospel of John contains all but which of the following?
71. In which book is the story of the shepherds "keeping watch over their flock by night"
found?
72. What book tells of the wedding at Cana?
73. In somewhat different form the Lord's Meditation is found in which of the following Gospels?
74. According to John, what did Jesus say in connection with the feeding of the five thousand?
75. Who said, "It is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole
nation destroyed"?
76. Paul's counsel not to marry if one is not already married is found in which book?
77. What book or letter contains an account of the day of Pentecost?
78. What should those who speak "in a tongue" pray for?
79. Who does not appear in the Acts account of Paul's ministry?
80. To whom does Paul give the following advice: "Let no one despise your youth"?
81. Where was Paul when he wrote to Philemon?
82. The disciples appointed seven men to oversee the care of the Hellenists' widows in Acts.
One of these, Philip, is remembered for what?
83. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who
has faith... For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is
written, 'The one who is righteous will live by faith'" appears in which of the following?
84. The epistle to the Colossians describes Christ as which of the following?
85. Because the Corinthians had been reconciled to God through Christ and had been given the
ministry of reconciliation, how were they to consider themselves?
86. Which book contains the following exhortation: "Put on the whole armor of God, so that
you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil"?
87. "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of
God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited" is found in which
book?
88. Which of the following books devotes the most attention to problems of disunity in
the church?
89. The statements, "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 "the day of the Lord will come like a
thief in the night," were addressed to Christians in which of the following locations?
90. "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness" is found in which book?
91. Which of the following is an essential theme of the First Letter of John?
92. According to 1 John "If we say that we have not sinned," we make God which of the
following?
93. What is the name of the great city in Revelation which is depicted as a woman sitting
on a scarlet beast, a city whose fall is both celebrated and lamented?
94. "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" is
found in which book?
95. The book of Hebrews presents Jesus primarily as which of the following?
96. The words, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth..." appear in which of the following books?
97. Which of the following is an attitude expressed in 1 Peter toward government?
98. What book contains the following quotation: "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery
ordeal that is taking place among you to test you"?
99. The epistle which says, "Have mercy on some who are wavering; save others by
snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear" and speaks of
Enoch as a prophet is which of the following?
100. In one New Testament book, a forest set ablaze by a small fire and the rudder of a ship
occur as images for which of the following?
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Bible Exam 10
Answer Key
THE PENTATEUCH
HISTORICAL BOOKS
PROPHETS
PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE
GOSPELS
ACTS AND PAULINE WRITINGS
REST OF NEW TESTAMENT
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