BIBL104 Quiz The Old Testament Books of Prophecy 2023-2024 Liberty University
Quiz: The Old Testament Books of Prophecy
Question 1
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The
... [Show More] ultimate fulfillment of the Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah was the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, who was
literally God incarnate and who would preserve the line of David forever.
True
False
Question 2
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In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as a suffering servant.
True
False
Question 3
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Lamentations 1–4 are acrostic poems.
True
False
Question 4
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Ezekiel’s role as a Prophet is compared to the work of a “_____________.”
Farmer
Priest
Shepherd
Watchman
Question 5
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Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s
future restoration. God promised:
supremacy and national dominance through military might
agricultural productivity
long lives for dutiful obedience
priestly religious prowess
Question 6
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Jeremiah told Judah that they would be able to resist the Babylonians. However, submission to Babylon
was the only way Jerusalem would be spared from destruction.
True
False
Question 7
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Ezekiel came from a priestly family, which helps explain his emphasis on sin as uncleanness and
defilement and his interest in the rebuilding of the future temple.
True
False
Incorrect: Question 8
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In Malachi, God denounces His people by raising the question of
rewards
punishment
honor
nobility
Incorrect: Question 9
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Amos concluded his prophecies of unrelenting judgment with a message of hope concerning Israel’s
future restoration. God promised:
to make Israel victorious over her enemies
to restore Jeroboam’s throne
long lives for dutiful obedience
to increase their knowledge of the “Holy One of Israel”
All of the above
Question 10
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According to the textbook, Jeremiah’s temple sermon (Jer. 7:1–15) was one of the defining and critical
moments in his ministry.
True
False
Question 11
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Daniel and his three friends were given Babylonian names in order to acclimate them to Babylonian life
and culture.
True
False
Question 12
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In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as a stumbling block for the Jews.
True
False
Question 13
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Jonah’s prayer in Jonah 2:1-10 closely follows the form of a songs of confession in the Psalms - where the
worshipper confesses a sin to God and asks for a specific act of deliverance.
True
False
Question 14
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Critical scholarship has argued for multiple authorship of the book and has viewed chapters 40–66 as
coming after the time of Isaiah.
True
False
Question 15
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Zephaniah began his ministry at approximately the same time as Ezekiel.
True
False
Question 16
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Hosea compared Israel’s unfaithfulness to spoiled grapes, a wild vine, a trained heifer, and a rebellious
daughter.
True
False
Question 17
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In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the coming conqueror.
True
False
Question 18
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Zechariah’s book can be divided up into eight visions, four messages, and two burdens.
True
False
Question 19
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Lamentations reveals that, as the Divine Warrior, the Lord poured out His anger on the city of Jerusalem.
However, He would not abandon the Temple for it was His own sanctuary.
True
False
Question 20
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Haggai encouraged some of the older people who still remembered the glorious first temple and felt like
giving up when they considered the inferiority of the new temple.
True
False
Question 21
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During Hosea’s life Israel’s political size and economic stability increased, these were not indicators of
spiritual vitality.
True
False
Question 22
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According to Micah, the Lord was angry that social injustice became common in Israel. He was worried
this would soon spread to Judah.
True
False
Question 23
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According to the textbook, Habakkuk’s interaction with God is a reminder that the life of faith often
involves lament, complaint, and the pouring out of one’s honest emotions and feelings to God.
True
False
Question 24
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Jeremiah prophesied during the reign of Judah’s last five kings.
True
False
Question 25
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In Isaiah, Christ is pictured as the healer of the nations.
True
False
Question 26
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Daniel is not mentioned in the account of the statue and the fiery furnace because he willingly bowed to
Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue.
True
False
Question 27
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Luke 22:37 quotes from Isa 53:12 (“And he was numbered with the transgressors”) as evidence that
Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
True
False
Question 28
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Judgment, however, was not the final word for Judah or the nations. In the last days, the Lord would
purify the speech of all peoples so they might worship and serve Him.
True
False
Question 29
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The moral failure of Judah’s leadership had little impact on the spiritual corruption of the nation.
However, the same could not be said for Judah’s priests.
True
False
Question 30
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One poem in Lamentations portrays Jerusalem as a grieving widow mourning her
destruction.
True
False
Incorrect: Question 31
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In Malachi, God denounces His people by raising the question of
worship
heritage
honor
death
Question 32
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Zechariah was a postexilic prophet who foretold the coming of Israel’s true and final King.
True
False
Question 33
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Micah was a prophet in Judah and a contemporary of the prophet ________.
Amos
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Daniel
Question 34
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John 12:38 quotes from Isa 53:1 (“Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the
Lord been revealed?”) as evidence that Jesus is Isaiah’s suffering servant.
True
False
Question 35
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Daniel’s three friends were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
True
False
Question 36
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_________ is the shortest book in the Old Testament.
Amos
Obadiah
Joel
Nahum
Question 37
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Edom was lifted up because of excessive pride. They trusted in their political and military advisors for
their security.
True
False
Question 38
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Habakkuk prophesied in Israel prior to the Assyrian invasion and warned that the Lord would send the
Assyrians to punish the people in Samaria.
True
False
Question 39
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Jonah is scandalized that the Lord would show the same grace he has shown to Israel to the people of
Nineveh.
True
False
Question 40
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Eventually, King Nebuchadnezzar would go temporarily insane and behave in an animal-like manner.
True
False
Question 41
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Haggai in tandem with ______________ challenged the postexilic community to resume the work of
rebuilding the temple.
Zephaniah
Zebadiah
Zedekiah
Zechariah
Question 42
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Ezekiel delivered an extensive message of judgment against Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia.
True
False
Question 43
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During an extravagant banquet Belshazzar saw a divine handwritten message that appeared on the
plaster wall of the palace. This message indicated that his kingdom had been numbered, weighted, and
divided.
True
False
Question 44
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According to our textbook, the overall theme of Daniel is God’s sovereignty over the people of Israel and
the nations of the world.
True
False
Incorrect: Question 45
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Habakkuk was a contemporary of
Jeremiah
Zephaniah
Daniel
Ezekiel
All of the Above
Question 46
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In his first vision, Zechariah saw a flying scroll that measured thirty feet by fifteen feet and was covered
with written curses against those who had broken God’s commandments
True
False
Question 47
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According to the textbook, the key word(s) for the book of Lamentations is Faithful love which means
chêsêd in Hebrew.
True
False
Question 48
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Habakkuk’s message is a personal one in which the prophet laments and dialogues with the Lord over
the justice of His ways in using the Babylonians to punish Judah’s sins.
True
False
Question 49
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King Cyrus’s decree granted permission but not resources for rebuilding the temple. So, the returnees
and their leaders began the project seeking necessary resources.
True
False
Question 50
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Amos’ prophecies of judgment demanded a response because they were not absolute predictions of
what must happen in the future as much as they were warnings of what would happen if Israel did not
repent and change its ways.
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