Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The books that are regarded as authoritative by Roman Catholics but not by Protestants are referred to as
		A)	the New Testament
		B)	the apocrypha
		C)	the apocalyptic works
		D)	the pseudepigrapha


2	The Maccabees revolted against Antiochus IV because
		A)	he outlawed Judaism
		B)	he erected an altar to Zeus in the Jerusalem Temple
		C)	he demanded Jews perform sacrifices to Hellenistic gods
		D)	all of the above


3	The Maccabees became leaders of the revolt because
		A)	they had been military leaders in the Syrian army
		B)	they were a priestly family
		C)	they were descendants of the Davidic monarchy
		D)	they had been governors of Judea under the Antiochus


4	Daniel was written
		A)	during the Babylonian exile
		B)	during the Persian period
		C)	during the reign of Alexander
		D)	during the persecutions of Antiochus IV


5	One of the reasons for scholars' dating of the Book of Daniel is
		A)	because he seems not to know the events surrounding Antiochus IV's death
		B)	because he writes so convincingly about the Babylonian court
		C)	because the author personally knew Cyrus the Great
		D)	because of his accurate description of the rededication of the Temple


6	Eschatology means
		A)	the study of apocryphal literature
		B)	the study of the Maccabean period
		C)	speculation about the last things, the end of the world
		D)	the study of wisdom literature


7	Part of 1 Enoch describes
		A)	Enoch's journey through the earth and underworld
		B)	his vision of the last days
		C)	his prophecies of judgment
		D)	his aphorisms of wisdom


8	The book of Tobit is set
		A)	during the Babylonian captivity
		B)	during the Maccabean revolt
		C)	in the Persian period
		D)	in seventh-century Nineveh


9	Judith is the story of
		A)	a woman's rape by Assyrians
		B)	Judith's life in Nineveh
		C)	Judith's assassination of the Assyrian general Holofernes by decapitating him
		D)	Judith's marriage to Boaz


10	Ben Sirach, the author of Ecclesiastes, rejects
		A)	the resurrection of the dead
		B)	belief in angels
		C)	the apocalyptic mentality
		D)	all of the above

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