th301 – scripture and church semester 2, 2014 quiz no. 1

TH301 – Scripture and Church Semester 2, 2014

Quiz No. 1

1.What name is given to the Old Testament by the Jewish people? (1 mark)

2.Name the FOUR senses of Scripture (4 marks)

3.What are the THREE criterion used by the early Church to determine whether a piece of writing should be accepted into the Bible?(3 marks)

4.What was the sign of the covenant formed between God and Abraham? (1 mark)

5.Name one of the four stages of Lectio Divina.

(1 mark)


Quiz No. 2

1. Fill in the missing cells in the table below:

2. Name the THREE original experiences (apart from original sin) identified by Pope John Paul II in his Theology of the Body

3. Who are the New Adam and the New Eve?

4. What is meant literally when Jesus said “I am the vine and you are the branches”? (John 15:5)

5. Who was the father of Jacob?

Sabbath Covenant with Creation

Sun and Moonrule over

Birds and fishrule over

Humans and animalsrule over

Day and Night (__________)

Sky and Sea (__________)

Land and Vegetation (__________)


Quiz No. 3

1. Name TWO of the books which record the events of the Exodus and the journey to the Promised Land (apart from EXODUS!) (2 marks)

2. What was the sign of the covenant made between God and Noah? (1 mark)

3. Name the FOUR sources which some Scripture scholars believe combine to make up the Pentateuch. (4 marks)

4. What is the first of the Ten Commandments? Give as much detail as possible. (2 marks)

5. What was the prophecy of the Final Plague in Exodus 11:1-10? (1 mark)


Quiz No. 4

1. What is the alternate name given to Mt Sinai in the Scriptures? (1 mark)

2. Which of the four sources identified by Graf and Wellhausen was supposedly the book presented to Josiah in 622BC? (1 mark)

3. What is the goal of textual criticism? (1 mark)

4. In the narrative of Ex 32, what did the golden calf represent? (1 mark)

5. After the incident of the Golden Calf, God handed down the Law through Moses. What were the TWO main purposes for this Law? (2 marks)

6. Who was permitted to enter the Holy of Holies? (1 mark)

7. What TWO processes make someone clean and holy? (2 marks)

8. Under the Levitical Law the scapegoat carried the sins of the people into the wilderness. What or who does the scapegoat prefigure in the New Testament? (1 mark)


Quiz No. 5

1. Name THREE different literary forms found in the Old Testament. (3 marks)

2. Complete the table below: (3 marks)

3. Complete this diagram which illustrates the cycle of sin which is repeated seven times in the Book of Judges. (2 marks)

Silence => Sin / infidelity => _______________=>

=> _________________=> Salvation / deliverance

4. Who was the first King of the Israelites and which prophet anointed him? (2 marks)

Covenant Mediator David

Covenant Role

Covenant Form

Covenant Sign


Quiz No. 6

1. Who was the last king of the united kingdom of the Jewish people? (1 mark)

2. After the kingdom divided what was the name of the southern kingdom? (1 mark)

3. Which nation exiled the northern kingdom in 722BC? (1 mark)

4. Which nation exiled the southern kingdom in three stages? (1 mark)

5. King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed that he saw an enormous statue with a head of gold. What did this represent? (1 mark)

6. Why were Meshach, Shadrach, Abednego thrown into the furnace? (1 mark)

7. Which Persian king allowed the Jews to return to their land and helped to finance the rebuilding of the Temple? (1 mark)

8. The Jewish people who did not return to the Promised Land were called the ___________? (1 mark)

9. Which Greek leader conquered the Persian Empire between 334-329 BC? (1 mark)

10.In which year did Judah become a client kingdom of Rome? (1 mark)


Quiz No. 7

1. Name TWO of the three types of sources that are used to establish the text of the NT. (2 marks)

2. Which of the Gospels is NOT a Synoptic Gospel? (1 mark)

3. Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles? (1 mark)

4. Why are the letters of James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, and Jude called the ‘catholic’ epistles? (1 mark)

5. By which century was there a consensus on the Canon of Scripture in the West? (1 mark)

6. Write out the first verse of the Gospel of Mark as exactly as possible. (2 marks)

7. In which town was Simon’s mother-in-law healed? (1 mark)

8. Ch 13 of Mark’s Gospel contains many eschatological themes. What is eschatology? (1 mark)


Quiz No. 8

1. Who was the audience of Matthew’s Gospel? (1 mark)

2. Roughly how many Old Testament references are there in the Gospel of Matthew? (1 mark)

3. Matthew’s Gospel can be divided into five ‘books’:

a)What two literary forms does each ‘book’ consist of? (2 marks)

Hint: N_________ and D_________

b) What is one possible explanation for Matthew constructing his Gospel in this way, i.e. as five ‘books’? (1 mark)

4. Apart from the Gospel of Luke, what other New Testament book did Luke write? (1 mark)

5. What was Luke’s occupation? (1 mark)

6. Which person does Luke address his Gospel to? (1 mark)

7. Who was the wider audience of Luke’s Gospel? (1 mark)

8. What is the common name for the exultant hymn ‘sung’ by Mary (the Mother of Jesus) when she met her cousin Elizabeth? (1 mark)


Quiz No. 9

1. What title does the writer of the Gospel of John give himself in the Gospel? (1 mark)

B______________ D_______________

2. What is the probable date the Gospel of John was written? (1 mark)

3. In John 20:30-31, what reason does the author of John’s Gospel give for writing this Gospel? (1 mark)

4. Name ONE of the overarching themes found in the Gospel of John. (1 mark)

5. Name the FOUR major sections of the Gospel of John. (4 marks)

6. Fill in the missing Greek word in John 1:1 (1 mark)

In the beginning was the _________, and the _________ was with God, and the _________ was God.

7. In Christian thought light and darkness can represent good and evil. Name another pair of things they can represent. (1 mark)


Quiz No. 10

1. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights in the wilderness. How is this event prefigured in the life of Moses? (1 mark)

2. Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles? (1 mark)

3. What is the Greek word which is used to describe the announcement of the wonders of God actualized in us and the proclamation of the Paschal mystery of Christ? (1 mark)

4. About how many people were baptised on the first Pentecost day? (1 mark)

5. What was the main topic debated at the Council of Jerusalem? (1 mark)

6. Where was Saul born? (1 mark)

7. Which tribe and which Jewish sect was Saul from? (2 marks)

8. Which city was Saul heading to when he experienced his conversion? (1 mark)

9. In which city was Paul martyred? (1 mark)

th301 – scripture and church semester 2, 2014 quiz no. 1

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