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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 2, where do David's brothers go off to?

2. Who does the author use as an example of a leader to avoid following blindly?

3. Essentially, David enrolls into the school of what at the end of Chapter 2?

4. According to the author in Chapter 6, which character in A Tale of Three Kings acts in a way that he believes God would want him to?

5. After David kills Goliath, he finds himself a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. Give an example of a hyperbole found in Chapters 1-2. Explain.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, what two distinctions does the youngest son of any family bear?

3. Briefly discuss Saul's feelings towards David.

4. Distinguish God from Gabriel.

5. Why was David called home in Chapter 2?

6. What does the Prologue indicate or foreshadow?

7. What genre is "A Tale of Three Kings" classified as, and what time period was the Christian community undergoing when this was written?

8. What does the author say was his reason for writing "A Tale of Three Kings"?

9. What was Recorder's purpose in the Prologue?

10. What can be inferred as to why the author does not detail the battle between David and Goliath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Apply the story of "A Tale of Three Kings" to today's society. Do you know of any Davids or Sauls either in your life or in your society? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ending of A Tale of Three Kings. Explain precisely how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what knowledge God limits to the characters in the story. How might the story be different had God not withheld such knowledge?

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