Full Test Bank Ch.25 Heroes Abroad & Diasporic Identity

Chapter 25: Heroes in Foreign Lands: Postexilic Literature and Diasporic Identity

Test Bank

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 01

1. Discuss the value of the book of Ruth. Why is it unique? What can it tell us about ancient Israel that other books do not?

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 02

2. What is the central message of the book of Jonah? Why is there no clear consensus on the book’s meaning?

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 03

3. Describe the genre of historical romance in the biblical literature. How does it compare to it original model in Genesis? How does it change over time? How does it vary from example to example?

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 04

4. How are chapters 7-12 of the book of Daniel different from chapters 1-6? How does Daniel’s character change? What is the message of each section?

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 01

1. The expression “son of man” emphasizes mortality.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 02

2. The Moabite language is closely related to Hebrew.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 03

3. Daniel is probably the same as Danel known from Ezekiel and the Ugaritic epic.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 04

4. We can begin to refer to the Judean people as Jews in the Roman period.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 25 Question 05

5. The book of Daniel is probably the latest in date among all of the books in the Jewish canon.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 06

6. The Zoroastrian worldview provided imagery found in many Jewish and Christian apocalyptic writings.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 07

7. The book of Daniel may be an etiology explaining the origins of Purim.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 08

8. The book of Jonah gives an accurate chronological account of events in the eighth century bce.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 09

9. Ruth was a Moabite.

a) True

b) False

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 10

10. The book of Daniel provides the longest apocalypse in the Old Testament.

a) True

b) False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 01

1. Naomi is a(n):

a. Ammonite

b. Moabite

c. Judean

d. Edomite

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 02

2. In Daniel 5, Daniel decodes the writing that mysteriously appears on a wall at King Belshazzar’s banquet as predicting the division of Belshazzar’s kingdom between:

a. the Greeks and the Persians

b. the Persians and the Medes

c. the Greeks and the Romans

d. the Babylonians and the Egyptians

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 03

3. David had an ancestor who was of ___________ descent.

a. Moabite

b. Edomite

c. Philistine

d. Egyptian

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 04

4. In the Christian canon, Ruth comes between:

a. Judges and 1 Samuel

b. 2 Samuel and 1 Kings

c. Ecclesiastes and Esther

d. Song of Solomon and Lamentations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 05

5. Esther’s husband was:

a. Ahasuerus

b. Mordecai

c. Sennacherib

d. Haman

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 06

6. Ruth’s son was named:

a. Boaz

b. Mahlon

c. Obed

d. Jesse

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 07

7. The book of Ruth is traditionally attributed to:

a. Joshua

b. Samuel

c. David

d. Solomon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 08

8. The book of ________________ ends in an unanswered question:

a. Ruth

b. Jonah

c. Esther

d. Daniel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 09

9. The purpose of the book of Ruth may be:

a. to denounce the Moabites

b. to explain David’s ancestry

c. to promote levirate marriage

d. to support the book of Judges

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 10

10. The “Ancient of Days” appears in the book of Daniel as a title for:

a. Daniel

b. God

c. Nebuchadnezzar

d. Alexander

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 11

11. God commands Jonah to deliver an oracle against:

a. Greece

b. Assyria

c. Babylon

d. Syria

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 12

12. The English word “angel” comes from a Greek word meaning:

a. divine

b. messenger

c. prophet

d. wings

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 13

13. The book of _____________ never mentions God:

a. Ruth

b. Jonah

c. Esther

d. Daniel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 14

14. In the Jewish canon, the book of Daniel is found among the:

a. Writings

b. wisdom books

c. historical books

d. prophets

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 15

15. Daniel and his friends subsist on a diet of only _______________ for ten days:

a. manna

b. dairy products

c. vegetables and water

d. vegetables and manna

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 16

16. In the apocalyptic sections of the book of Daniel, God’s general is identified as:

a. Moses

b. Daniel

c. Michael

d. Gabriel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 17

17. The book of ______________ suggests that Yahweh has concern for the cattle of Nineveh.

a. Esther

b. Jonah

c. Ruth

d. Daniel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 18

18. The etymology of Purim relates to:

a. the casting of lots

b. the defeat of enemies

c. a celebratory festival

d. feasting

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 19

19. Daniel was celebrated for his skills as a:

a. scribe

b. dream interpreter

c. poet

d. priest

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 25 Question 20

20. According the book of Kings, Jonah was a prophet during the reign of:

a. Hezekiah

b. Josiah

c. Jeroboam II

d. Ahab

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 01

1. The legal tradition that required a redeemer to assume the position of male protector when the primary head of household had died is ________________.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 02

2. The book of Esther explains the foundation of the Jewish holiday ____________.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 03

3. The conception of angels and demons requires an implicit dualism that is heavily influenced by the ancient Persian religious tradition of __________________.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 04

4. Ruth’s mother-in-law was _____________.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 05

5. In Daniel, one “like a ____________ coming with the clouds of heaven” was presented to the Ancient of Days and given universal rule.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 06

6. Finite beings created by God, but immortal and thus superior to humans, are known as ____________________ .

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 07

7. God’s principle messenger in the book of Daniel is named _________________.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 08

8. Ahasuerus is also known as ____________.

a. Xerxes

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 09

9. Esther’s cousin ____________ was a Jewish exile from Judea.

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Title: Chapter 25 Question 10

10. The mercy shown to the people of Nineveh in the book of Jonah contrasts with the oracle against them in the book of _______________.