Old Testament Test One
The Old testament is contains most of the ancient religious stories that are told at an early age. The quiz below is on the Old testament and it will challenge what you know. All the best.
- 1.How many books are in the old testament?
- A.
38
- B.
39
- C.
42
- D.
36
- 2.What was the most important event to the jews?
- A.
Passover
- B.
Lent
- C.
The Exodus
- D.
The Crucifixion
- 3.When was the Hebrew race "carved out and developed"?
- A.
The Exodus
- B.
While enslaved to the Egyptians
- C.
40 years in the desert
- D.
Jesus's life time on earth
- 4.What is the Hebrew canon called? It was written hundreds of years after it took place.
- A.
Torah
- B.
Kethubim
- C.
Septuagint
- D.
Tanakh (Tnk)
- 5.Yahweh materials, Elohim materials, Deuteronomic materials, and Priestly materials are all part of what?
- A.
The Documentary Hypothesis
- B.
The Septuagint
- C.
The Tanakh
- D.
The Bible
- 6.What was the early Babylonian flood story similar to Noah's called?
- A.
The Great Flood
- B.
The Epic Flood
- C.
The Gilgamesh Epic
- D.
Gilgamesh and the Flood
- 7.Who hid the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- A.
The Pharisees
- B.
The Sadducees
- C.
The Jews
- D.
The Essenes
- 8.Who claimed the discovery of the Rosetta Stone?
- A.
The American President
- B.
Napoleon King of France
- C.
Sargon of Akkad
- D.
King Henry III
- 9.
- A.
The Middle East
- B.
The Desert
- C.
Mesopotamia
- D.
The Fertile Crescent
- 10.The people called Habiru were:
- A.
Possible relatives of Hebrews
- B.
Cursed by God
- C.
Known as wanderers
- D.
A and C
- 11.Hyksos means what?
- A.
Close friends to the King
- B.
Foreigners
- C.
Relatives of Abraham
- D.
Nomads
- 12.What name is used over 7000 times in the old testament?
- A.
Adonai
- B.
Yahweh
- C.
El Elyon
- D.
El Shaddai
- E.
Elohim
- 13.What name was used so that they did not use the name Yahweh in vain?
- A.
Adonai
- B.
El Elyon
- C.
El Shaddai
- D.
Elohim
- E.
El
- 14.What was the general term for Israels God?
- A.
Adonai
- B.
El Elyon
- C.
El Shaddai
- D.
Elohim
- E.
Yahweh
- 15.What name means God Most High and found in Genesis 14: 19-22
- A.
Adonai
- B.
El Elyon
- C.
El Shaddai
- D.
Elohim
- E.
Yahweh
- 16.Which name means God Almighty
- A.
Adonai
- B.
El Elyon
- C.
El Shaddai
- D.
Elohim
- E.
El
- 17.Which name was used by the Canaanites?
- A.
Adonai
- B.
El Elyon
- C.
El Shaddai
- D.
Elohim
- E.
El
- 18.Which is NOT true about Genesis?
- A.
Historical record as seen through the eyes of faith
- B.
It was the first book of the bible written
- C.
Built around genealogies
- D.
None of the above
- 19.What are the two major divisions of Genesis?
- A.
Old and New
- B.
Primeval and Patriarchal History
- C.
Pre-flood and Post-flood
- D.
All of the above
- 20.In sequence which comes first?
- A.
Six days of creation
- B.
God creates the world from a watery chaos
- C.
God was present already, not a created being
- 21.In sequence which comes second?
- A.
Six days of creation
- B.
God creates the world from a watery chaos
- C.
God was present already, not a created being
- 22.Which day did God create birds and fish?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Five
- E.
Six
- 23.Which day did God create light?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Five
- E.
Six
- 24.Which day land and plants?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- E.
Six
- 25.Which day did God create animals and humans?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- E.
Six
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