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1 Question:  What had God prepared to save Jonah from drowning when he was cast into the sea?

2. Multiple choice: Who was the only prophet to whom Jesus likened  Himself? (a) Joel; (b) Jonah; or (c) Daniel.

3. Where was Jonah when he prayed, "I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord"? (a) In the bottom of the ship; (b) in Nineveh; or (c) in the fish's belly.

1. A great fish to swallow him (Jon. 1:17).

2. (b) Jonah (Matt. 12:39, 40). Jesus said He would be in the earth three days as Jonah had been in the fish.

3. (c) In the fish's belly (Jon. 2:1,9 ).

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1. Question: To what city did God send Jonah to preach against its wickedness?

2. Multiple choice:  Jonah tried to escape the presence of the Lord by fleeing to what place? (a) Tarshish; (b) Joppa; or (c) Sidon.

3. What did Jonah tell the men on the ship to do to calm the stormy seas? (a) Throw out their cargo; (b) throw him overboard; or (c) pray to God.

1. Nineveh (Jon. 1:1,2).

2. (a) Tarshish (Jon. 1:3).

3. (b) Throw him overboard (Jon. 1:12).

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1. Multiple choice: In Amos, what are Sikkuth and Chiun? (a) Cities; (b) gods; or (c) months.

2. What nation was described as, "You who dwell in the clefts of the rocks"? (a) Philistia; (b) Egypt; or (c) Edom.

3. Which city of Edom did Obadiah connect by name with mighty men? (a) Teman; (b) Bozrah; or (c) Petra.

1. (b) Gods (Amos 5:26).

2. (c) Edom (Obad. 1,3) Edom was a desert and craggy area. Petra, one of Edom's major cities, was built at the end of a narrow canyon for protection.

3. (a) Teman (Obad. 9 ).

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1. Multiple choice: In what city was Amos told never to prophesy again because it was the residence of the king of Israel? (a) Bethel; (b) Samaria; or (c) Gilgal.

2. Where did Amaziah the priest tell Amos to go and prophesy when he ordered him from Israel? (a) Nineveh; (b) Judah; or (c) Edom.

3. Which prophet gave his occupation as "a herdsman. And a tender of sycamore fruit"? (a) Amos; (b) Zephaniah; or (c) Nahum.

1. (a) Bethel (Amos 7:13)

2. (b) Judah (Amos 7:12). Amos was from Tekoa in Judah, south of Jerusalem. Amaziah essentially  told Amos to go home and leave him alone (Amos 1:1).

3.(a) Amos (Amos 7:14 ).

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1. Multiple choice:Who was king of Israel when Amos prophesied? (a) Jeroboam; (b) Omri; or (c) Jehu.

2. What did Amos call the rich woman of Samaria who oppressed the poor? (a) Sows of Syria; (b) ewes of Edom; or (c) cows of Bashan.

3. What did Amos say happened at Bethel and Gilgal? (a) Jacob offered to God; (b) Israel worshiped idols; or (c) Israel built ivory houses.

(a) Jeroboam (Amos1:1). This was not the Jeroboam who led Israel in revolt against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon (1king 12:20). Amos prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II (767-753 B.C.) almost two hundred years after the first Jeroboam.

2. (c) Cows of Bashan (Amos 4:1).

3. (b) Israel worshiped idols (Amos 4:4; 5:5 ).

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1 Multiple choice: Besides the locusts what other devastation had Judah experienced at the time of Joel's prophecy? (a) Drought; (b) plague of frogs; or (c) wars.

2. Fill in the blanks: When Joel called Judah to repentance, he reminded them of God's character:"For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to --------- , and of great kindness; And He relents from doing
---------- .

3. Multiple choice: To whom had the Philistines sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem?
(a) Romans; (b) Babylonians; or (c) Greeks.

1. (a) Drought (Joel 1:20).  This drought had been accmpanied by range fires which had destroyed  the parched pastureland for livestock (vv. 19,20).

2, "Anger---harm" (Joel 2:13). Joel's call to Israel was, "Rend your heart, and not your garments".

3. (c) Greeks (Joels 3:6).

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1.Multiple choice: What idol did Hosea make reference to as an offense of Samaria? (a) A fish; (b) a calf; or (c) a man.

2. Hosea compared the future of Israel to two cities destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah. Name them. (a) Admah and Zeboiim; (b) Bethsaida and Chorazin; or (c) Debir and Lachish.

3. In Hosea, what parental task is used as a parallel of God's love for Israel in the wilderness? (a) Teaching to talk; (b) teaching to walk; or (c) disciplining.

1. (b) A calf ( Hos. 8:5,6 ).

2. (a) Admah and Zeboiim (Hos. 11:8; Deut. 29:23).

3. (b) Teaching to walk (Hos. 11: 3).