The Reign Of Solomon Ch.15 Test Bank

Chapter 15: The Reign of Solomon

Test Bank

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. The Deuteronomistic Historians stress obedience to the law of Moses in their writings. In what ways did the reign of Solomon epitomize this adherence to this law? In what ways did Solomon fail?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. How do archaeological data from tenth-century bce Israel and the ancient Near East as a whole influence our understanding of Solomon’s reign?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. What is the royal ideology? What are its major themes?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. What role do women play in Solomon’s reign?

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. Solomon was the oldest surviving son of David at the time of David’s death.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. The Tyre Stele provides independent corroboration of Solomon’s treaty with Hiram.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. Solomon is credited with the composition of four of the psalms.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. Solomon likely wrote the Song of Solomon.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 05

5. During the reign of Solomon, Israel was divided into twelve administrative districts.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 06

6. Solomon is the divine choice to succeed David.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 07

7. The prohibitions found in the Deuteronomic law of the king were probably based on the reign of Solomon.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 08

8. Solomon can be credited with further centralizing religious worship in Israel.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 09

9. The Phoenicians of Tyre were descended from the Canaanites.

a) True

b) False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 15 Question 10

10. Solomon becomes king before David’s death.

a) True

b) False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. Solomon is anointed by:

a. Adonijah and David

b. Elijah and Nathan

c. Nathan and Zadok

d. David

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. Solomon was celebrated for all of the following except:

a. wisdom

b. wealth

c. writing ability

d. military skill

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. Worship continued at the Temple of Solomon until:

a. 586 bce

b. 71 ce

c. 701 bce

d. 928 bce

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. Solomon first offers sacrifice personally at:

a. Jerusalem

b. Shiloh

c. Gibeon

d. Shechem

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 05

5. Solomon built gates in all of the following cities except:

a. Shechem

b. Hazor

c. Gezer

d. Megiddo

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 06

6. An anonymous prophet proclaims _____________ to be the instrument of divine punishment and the future ruler of what will become the northern kingdom after Solomon’s death:

a. Abijah

b. Nadab

c. Rehoboam

d. Jeroboam

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 07

7. Solomon’s successor was:

a. Nathan

b. Rehoboam

c. Ahab

d. Hezekiah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 08

8. All of the following are Deuteronomic compositions except:

a. Solomon’s prayer for wisdom

b. the descriptions of the Temple

c. the dedication of the temple

d. the summary of Solomon’s reign

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 09

9. _____________ and Abiathar assist Adonijah in his attempt to succeed David:

a. Abner

b. Amasa

c. Joab

d. Shimei

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 10

10. Solomon is credited with construction at all of the following cities except:

a. Hazor

b. Gezer

c. Gibeon

d. Megiddo

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 11

11. Joab supports the coronation of ________ as David’s successor.

a. Adonijah

b. Solomon

c. Absalom

d. Nathan

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 12

12. Psalm 89 provides a sustained treatment of _______________.

a. Solomon’s wisdom

b. the Sinaitic covenant

c. the royal ideology

d. succession

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 13

13. “The Book of the Acts of Solomon” included lists of all the following except:

a. royal officials

b. the labor force for the building of the Temple

c. descriptions of the administrative districts

d. Solomon’s foreign wives

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 14

14. David commands Solomon to kill all of the following except:

a. Joab

b. Amasa

c. Shimei

d. Elijah

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 15

15. All are works traditionally attributed to Solomon except:

a. Odes of Solomon

b. Ecclesiastes

c. part of Proverbs

d. Chronicles

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 16

16. All were a part of Solomon’s building projects in Jerusalem except:

a. expansion of the city of David

b. construction of a royal quarter

c. construction of the Temple

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 17

17. Under Solomon, Benaiah served as:

a. commander of the army

b. treasurer

c. high priest

d. secretary

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 18

18. The division of the kingdom is blamed on Solomon’s:

a. worship of other gods

b. failure to follow the law of Moses

c. foreign alliances

d. use of forced labor in the construction of the temple

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 19

19. Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh by:

a. sending him troops

b. becoming his vassal

c. marrying his daughter

d. sending him tribute

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 15 Question 20

20. Solomon prays for _____________ in his dream at Gibeon:

a. wealth

b. peace

c. health

d. wisdom

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 15 Question 01

1. God’s commitment to the Davidic dynasty is known as the _______________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 02

2. Posbiblical tradition reports a sexual relationship between Solomon and _______________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 03

3. The pillars at the entrance to the Temple of Solomon were named the Pillar of _________ and the Pillar of _____________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 04

4. “Messiah” means _____________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 05

5. The ________________ was an originally conditional agreement that later came to be expressed unconditionally.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 06

6. Mount Zaphon on the northern coast of Syria was the home of ___________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 07

7. David’s last secondary wife and the object of Adonijah’s request is ___________.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 08

8. ________________ is a poetic name for Jerusalem.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 09

9. ________________ is the prophet who helps Bathsheba secure Solomon’s succession.

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Title: Chapter 15 Question 10

10. The Phoenician city-state of ____________ provided many of the raw materials and technical expertise for Solomon’s building projects.