Some Questions from an Old Testament Exam I Gave Years Ago (Posted for Fun)

I don't plan on getting written replies for this post, and I'm definitely not going to grade this exam. :)

1. Explain the significance of Israel's Passover feast. (short answer)



2. A man named ____________________ led Israel into the Promised Land.


3. What purpose did the Sabbath serve? Why did YHWH command that Jacob's progeny should observe the Sabbath?



4. Explain the ritual procedures for Atonement Day (Yom Kippur) and why it was observed. (essay question)



5. The book of Psalms is divided into ____________ parts of unequal length.

6. Job 38:7: “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” is an example of __________________ parallelism.

7. The longest and shortest psalms respectively are Psalm _________ and Psalm ______________.

8. Job 3:3: “Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived” is an example of ____________________ parallelism.


9. Proverbs 26:4: “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him” is an example of _____________________ parallelism.


10. Discuss the family details of the prophets Hosea and Isaiah.

11. What is the main theme of Obadiah?