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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Naomi's relationship to Ruth?
(a) She was her daughter.
(b) She was her sister.
(c) She was her mother-in-law.
(d) She was her aunt.

2. Who was Noadiah?
(a) A Canaanite idol worshipper.
(b) A false prophetess.
(c) A leper.
(d) A Hittite queen.

3. What was Rhoda's relationship with John Mark's mother?
(a) She was his mother's cousin.
(b) She was his mother's maid.
(c) She was his mother's sister.
(d) She was his mother's friend.

4. What was wrong with the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter?
(a) She had a paralyzing spinal injury.
(b) She was mute.
(c) She was an epileptic.
(d) She was possessed by a devil.

5. What did Zacharias do for a living?
(a) He was a fisherman.
(b) He was a blacksmith.
(c) He was a judge.
(d) He was a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has traditionally been given to Pilate's wife?

2. What did the wise woman of Tekoah persuade King David to do?

3. What woman of Athens believed in the message of Paul after hearing him preach on Mars Hill?

4. What name did legend give the woman with the issue of blood?

5. Who anointed Jesus' feet with a costly perfumed ointment and wiped them with her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What request did Salome, the mother of James and John, make of Christ, and what surprising answer did Christ give her?

2. Who was Keturah?

3. Who was Dorcas, and what miracle did Peter perform for her?

4. How long did the woman with the issue of blood suffer from her condition, and how did she get healed?

5. What role did Mary, the mother of James and Joses, have in Christ's life and ministry?

6. What ailment did the Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter have, and why did Christ initially rebuff her request to heal her daughter?

7. How did Christ's encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well illustrate the universality of God's love?

8. From what affliction did Christ heal Mary Magdalene, and what other possible explanation does Edith Deen say commentators have given for this affliction?

9. What was Elisabeth's relationship to Mary the mother of Jesus, and what parallels did each woman have in the birth of their children?

10. Who was Herodias, and what role did she have in the death of John the Baptist?

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