Ch20 Exam Questions After The Fall Jews In Judah And Babylon - Intro to Old Testament 4e | Test Bank Coogan by Michael D. Coogan. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 20: After the Fall: Jews in Judah and Babylon
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 01
1. What connection do scholars posit between Ezekiel and priestly circles in Jerusalem? Describe the various ties between Ezekiel and the P(riestly) source of the Pentateuch. Do the prophet’s priestly affinities cause him to overlook wrongdoings in the Jerusalem priesthood?
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 02
2. What are some of the fundamental differences between Ezekiel’s prophecies and those of earlier prophets? What themes are unique to his visions? How are his stylistic differences important to his overall message?
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 03
3. Why is there tension between the exiles in Babylon and the Israelites who remained in the Promised Land? How is this tension manifested in the book of Ezekiel in particular?
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 04
4. In what ways was the Babylonian exile a transformative period for ancient Judeans’ religious practices, national identity, and use of text?
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 01
1. Ezekiel spent his entire prophetic career in exile.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 02
2. The term Judean refers only to an inhabitant of Judah.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 03
3. The Babylonian request to hear “one of the songs of Zion” in Psalm 137 demonstrates the religious tolerance of the exiles’ captors.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 04
4. Scholars agree that Jeremiah is the author of the book of Lamentations.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 05
5. The book of Ezekiel is mostly prose, not poetry.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 06
6. According to his book, Ezekiel was deported after the destruction of Jerusalem.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 07
7. The book of Lamentations conceded that Yahweh is less powerful than the gods of Babylonia.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 08
8. It appears that the Deuteronomistic school heavily edited the book of Ezekiel.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 09
9. Ezekiel cites a lack of social justice as the main reason for Jerusalem’s destruction.
a) True
b) False
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 10
10. Judeans failed to thrive in Babylonia, which made their loss of the Promised Land particularly poignant.
a) True
b) False
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 01
1. The book of Obadiah is an oracle against the nation of:
a. Babylon
b. Assyria
c. Egypt
d. Edom
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 02
2. Before becoming a prophet, Ezekiel earned his living as a:
a. shepherd
b. farmer
c. priest
d. scribe
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 03
3. In the Jewish canon, all are included among the Five Scrolls except:
a. Ruth
b. Lamentations
c. Esther
d. Job
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 04
4. All are examples of dirges, except:
a. David’s lament for Saul and Jonathan
b. Lamentations
c. David’s lament for Abner
d. Judges 5
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 05
5. Most scholars date the nucleus of Obadiah to the __________ century bce.
a. seventh
b. sixth
c. fifth
d. fourth
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 06
6. ______________ stresses the importance of memory as an answer to the crisis of exile.
a. Obadiah
b. Ezekiel
c. Lamentations
d. Psalm 137
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 07
7. Yahweh is depicted as a violent spouse in all of the following texts except:
a. Ezekiel
b. Obadiah
c. Hosea
d. Lamentations
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 08
8. Ezekiel’s contemporary was:
a. Jeremiah
b. Isaiah
c. Hosea
d. Obadiah
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 09
9. The city of ___________ was never captured by the Babylonians.
a. Ashkelon
b. Sidon
c. Lachish
d. Tyre
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 10
10. All were produced or edited by the survivors of the Babylonian destruction who remained in the land of Judah except:
a. Jeremiah
b. Lamentations
c. the Deuteronomistic History
d. Ezekiel
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 11
11. According to Ezekiel, after the priests, the _____________ is given land closest to the sanctuary in the
new Jerusalem.
a. prince
b. tribe of Judah
c. tribe of Dan
d. tribe of Levi
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 12
12. Each of the following texts contains acrostic poems except:
a. Lamentations
b. Psalms
c. Ezekiel
d. Nahum
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 13
13. After the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuchadrezzer installed ______________ as the new
ruler of Judah.
a. Ishmael
b. Gedaliah
c. Zedekiah
d. Jehoiachin
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 14
14. All of the following sources blame the Edomites for their participation in the
destruction of Jerusalem except:
a. Psalm 137
b. Obadiah
c. 1 Esdras
d. Jeremiah
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 15
15. “The day of Yahweh,” when Yahweh appears as the divine warrior who has come to fight against his enemies, including Israel, appears in all of the following books except:
a. Amos
b. Obadiah
c. all of the above
d. none of the above
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 16
16. Ezekiel shares affinities with the _______ source.
a. P
b. J
c. D
d. E
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 17
17. Gedaliah was assassinated by:
a. Hophra
b. Amel-Marduk
c. Ishmael
d. Nehemiah
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 18
18. The “glory of Yahweh” accompanied the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land and, according to Ezekiel, it _______________ during the Babylonian exile.
a. remains in Jerusalem
b. moves to the high places
c. accompanies the exiled Judeans
d. disappears permanently
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 19
19. According to Obadiah, Edom will be punished for its participation in the destruction of Jerusalem:
a. when the Babylonian empire falls
b. when the exiles return to the land
c. on the day of Yahweh
d. never
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 20 Question 20
20. All are true statements about the book of Ezekiel except:
a. it is ordered chronologically
b. it begins with the prophet in exile
c. it is autobiographical
d. it ends with the prophet’s return to Jerusalem
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 1
1. The scattering or dispersion of Jews living outside the Promised Land is called the __________________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 2
2. The notion of an “empty land” following the Babylonian destruction was created by the survivors living in ______________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 3
3. The basic genre of the book of Lamentations is the _________________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 4
4. In the book of Ezekiel, special status is given to the descendants of David’s chief priest ___________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 5
5. Yahweh appears as a violent husband in the book of ___________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 6
6. A(n) __________ is a poem in which the first letters of successive lines form a word or pattern.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 7
7. Buildings used by Jews as houses of prayer and community centers are known as ___________________.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 8
8. The term “son of man” simply means ______________ in Ezekiel.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 9
9. In Ezekiel’s inaugural vision, he observes a _____________ coming from the north.
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Title: Chapter 20 Question 10
10. According to _____________, Jerusalem would not have been saved even if the legendary figures Noah, Job, and Daniel had lived there.