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1. Multiple choice:  According to Psalm 15, the one who is able to abide in God's tabernacle does not do something with his tongue. What does he not do?  (a) Lie; (b) backbite; or (c) swear.

2. In Psalm 12, the words of the Lord are said to be pure words, They are compared to a metal tried in a furnace that is purified seven times. What metal is used for comparison? (a) Gold ; (b) silver; or (c) brass.

3. David states in Psalm 16 that he has found total fullness of something in the presence of the Lord . What did he find? (a) Fullness of peace; (b) fullness of love; or  (c) fullness of joy.

1. (b) Backbite (Ps. 15:1-3 ).

2.(b) Silver (Ps. 12:6 ).

3. (c) Fullness of joy (Ps. 16:11 ). In Christ's  final prayer for His disciples He asked that they might have  His joy fulfilled in them .

(John 17:13 ).

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1. True or false: Job may be the earliest book of the Bible.

2. Fill in the blank: In Psalm 1, the godly man is described as delighting and meditating "in the

---------  of the Lord."

3. Multiple choice: Psalm 2 speaks of the nations counseling together against the Lord and  His

Anointed. What will be the initial response of the Lord? (a) Anger; (b) fear; or (c) laughter.

1. True. The role of Job as a patriarchal priest suggests an era before the Law and priesthood. The use of Shaddai as a frequent name for God points to a pre- Mosaic date.

2. "Law"  (Ps. 1:2 ). It is impossible to be godly if one does not love the Word of God.

3. (c) Laughter (Ps. 2:4 )

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1. True or false: Job lived eighty years, which indicates that he came after life expectancy shortened to modern lengths.

2. Job's debate with his three friends consists of three cycles of speeches by each. Each cycle gets shorter as Job refuses to yield.

3. Multiple choice: What two biblical writers refer to Job , showing the Bible regards Job as historical ?
(a) Moses and Paul; (b) Jeremiah and Matthew; or (c) Ezekiel and James.



1. False. Job lives 140 years after his trials (Job 42:16 ). His time was near Abraham's.

2. True. Eliphaz spoke longest, Bildad spoke shortest, and Zophar did not speak the third time
(Job 4---25 ).

3. (c) Ezekiel and James  (Ezek. 14:14, 20; James 5:11 ).  Ezeekiel used Job as an example of righteousness, and James used him as an example of perseverance.

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1. Multiple choice: Who consoled and comforted Job after his disasters were over and health restored?
(a) His brothers, sisters, and friends; (b) Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar; or (c) his wife.

2. After God restored Job's health, his brothers, sisters, and friends feasted with Job and gave him gifts. What was the gift each gave? (a) A pair of animals; (b) a change of clothes; or (c) a piece of silver and ring of gold.

3. True or false? The cultural setting of the book of Job is non- Hebrew.


1. (a) His brothers, sisters and friends (Job 42:11 )

2. (c) A piece of silver and a ring of gold (Job 42:11 )

3. True. Job is set in the land of Uz, which may be in Edom (cf  Lam. 4:21 )

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1. Multiple choice: In the book of Job, why was the Lord's wrath aroused against Job's three friends? (a)They had not spoken what was right  about Job; (b) they had not spoken what was right about God; or (c) they had not spoken what was right about wisdom.

2.  When God  finally spoke to Job near the end of the book, where did He speak from? (a) The temple; (b) a fire; or (c) a whirlwind.

3. At the end of the book of  Job, "the Lord restored Job's losses" of possessions and family after Job did something. What was it? (a) He repented ; (b) he prayed for his friends; or (c) he divorced his wife.

1. (b) They had not spoken what was right about God (Job 42:7 ). 

What made that serious was that they had been asserting that they were speaking the truth of  God.

2. (c) A whirlwind (Job 38:1; 40:6 ).

3. (b) He prayed for his friends (Job 42:10 )

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1. True or false?:  Although Job needed to learn about God, God said that Job spoke correctly about Him.

2. Multiple choice: What are the two monsters in chapters 40 and 41 of Job?  (a) A giant and a dragon; (b) a goat and  an ostrich; or (c) behemoth and Leviathan.

3. True or false ?:  Before God would forgive Job's friends, He required Job to pray for them.

1. True (Job 42:7,8 ). Job had not spoken falsely; he had spoken incompletely.

2. (c) Behemoth and Leviathan (Job 40:15; 41:1 ). While these creatures are not identified in the Bible, it is often thought that these are poetic descriptions of the hippopotamus and crocodile respectively. These natives  of Egypt were wonders to those who had only heard of them.

3. True (Job 42:8 ). This was to affirm to Job's friends that he had spoken rightly about God while they had not.

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1. Multiple choice: Why did Job's three friends sit silently with him for seven days and seven nights?

(a) No one could think of anything to say; (b) they wanted Job to speak first; or (c) they saw that his grief was great.

2. True or false? : Job's three friends tore their robes, sprinkled dust on their heads,and wept in sympathy with Job.

3. Multiple choice : In the book of Job, there was a younger companion with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar who spoke up when the older men were not helping Job. What was his name?

(a) Elihu; (b) Tobiah; or (c) Teman.

1. (c) They saw that his grief was great (Job 2:13 ).

2. True (Job 2:12 ). The culture of the Near East provided effective ways for expressing and sharing grief.

3. (a) Elihu (Job 32:2 )