Ch23 Exam Prep Retelling The Story Of David

Chapter 23: Retelling the Story of David

Test Bank

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 01

1. How did the book of Psalms achieve its final structure? What organizing principles are evident?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 02

2. What is Chronicles’ relationship to Ezra and Nehemiah? Why have these three texts traditionally been linked? What is the conclusion of modern scholars concerning this relationship?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 03

3. What are the sources for Chronicles? How does it use them? What does the Chronicler omit? What might be some of the reasons for these omissions?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 04

4. Describe the use of form-critical analysis to study the psalms. How have form-critical analyses of the psalms helped scholars to understand them better? What, if any, are the shortcomings of the form-critical method for the psalms?

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 01

1. Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah all had the same author.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 02

2. 1 and 2 Chronicles were originally one book.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 03

3. Chronicles does not mention any figures or events from the northern kingdom.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 04

4. Chronicles uses no other sources other than those found in the Bible.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 05

5. The Chronicler is the biblical term for the author of Chronicles.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 06

6. The exact translation of the names of more than twenty instruments named in the Bible is often a guess.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 07

7. The books of Chronicles and Psalms both share significant connections to the figure of Solomon.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 08

8. Many scholars suggest a date for Chronicles in the late fifth or early fourth century bce.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 09

9. The Psalms frequently quote Chronicles.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 23 Question 10

10. Manasseh received better treatment from the Chronicler than from the Deuteronomistic historians.

a) True

b) False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 01

1. The primary source used by Chronicles was:

a. the priestly source

b. Isaiah

c. Ezra and Nehemiah

d. Deuteronomistic History

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 02

2. 1 Chronicles begins with:

a. genealogies

b. the death of Saul

c. Abraham

d. David’s reign

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 03

3. All are used heavily as sources in Chronicles except:

a. 1 Kings

b. 2 Kings

c. 1 Samuel

d. 2 Samuel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 04

4. Chronicles omits:

a. the death of Saul

b. the sons of Jacob

c. the Succession Narrative

d. Adam

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 05

5. All kings in Chronicles are patterned after:

a. Saul

b. David

c. Solomon

d. Hezekiah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 06

6. 1 Chronicles gives __________ generations beyond Zerubbabel.

a. five

b. six

c. seven

d. eight

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 07

7. According to Chronicles, Solomon paid for the raw materials for the Temple with:

a. slaves

b. cities

c. gold

d. friendship

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 08

8. The term that best describes the genre of the division of the Torah known as the “Writings” in Jewish tradition is:

a. history

b. hymns

c. wisdom

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 09

9. The Chronicler gives significant attention to the tribe of:

a. Ephraim

b. Dan

c. Issachar

d. Levi

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 10

10. In Chronicles, the cause of David’s census is:

a. Absalom’s revolt

b. taxes

c. Assyrian invasion

d. incitement by Satan

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 11

11. Some scholars have conjectured that the Chronicler was a(n):

a. Aaronide priest

b. shepherd

c. Nazirite

d. Levite

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 12

12. Psalms anticipating divine assistance are called:

a. laments

b. petitions

c. psalms of confidence

d. thanksgiving hymns

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 13

13. Psalms that contain a question-and-answer format are called:

a. Zion hymns

b. liturgies

c. wisdom hymns

d. pilgrimage hymns

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 14

14. Chronicles mentions all of the following figures except:

a. Solomon

b. Cyrus

c. Elijah

d. Saul

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 15

15. The books of Psalms is divided into ________ parts.

a. three

b. four

c. five

d. six

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 16

16. Traditionally nearly half of the psalms are attributed to:

a. Solomon

b. Moses

c. Job

d. David

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 17

17. The English name for the book of Psalms is derived from a Greek word for a:

a. musical instrument

b. song

c. poem

d. king

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 18

18. The reconstruction of Israel’s musical traditions relies on all except:

a. obscure biblical references

b. archaeological discoveries

c. musical compositions

d. illustrations of musical instruments from the ancient Near East

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 19

19. ___________ is a mysterious Hebrew term that occurs seventy-one times in the book of Psalms but whose precise function and meaning are unknown:

a. sheminit

b. selah

c. maskil

d. mizmor

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 23 Question 20

20. The category of psalms that consists of songs praising Yahweh is:

a. liturgies

b. proverbs

c. wisdom psalms

d. hymns

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 1

1. The Hebrew title for the book of Chronicles is ____________________________.

a. the Book of the Events of the Days

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 2

2. The books of _________________ are more inclusive of Judah’s northern neighbors than the books of _________________.

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 3

3. The last verses of Chronicles are identical to the opening verses of ____________.

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 4

4. ____________ is the primary poetic device of most biblical poetry.

a. parallelism

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 5

5. Scholars have conjectured that the author of Chronicles was from the tribe of _____________.

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 6

6. Chronicles’ almost exclusive focus is on Judah from the reign of ____________ to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 bce.

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 7

7. A frequently used term for the author of Chronicles is ___________________.

a. the Chronicler

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 8

8. In Jewish tradition, the third division of the Bible is known as ________________.

a. the Writings

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 9

9. The German scholar who first applied form criticism to the psalms was __________________.

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Title: Chapter 23 Question 10

10. A collection of psalms known as the _____________ uses the divine name Elohim five times more frequently than Yahweh.

a. Elohistic Psalter