I’m constructing a Bible knowledge exam that students from my seminary will need to take before they graduate. I’ve constructed 
over 30 questions so far.
They need to be graded easily, so I’ve chosen to make many multiple choice. Here are four questions that generally share a certain theme (answers are written in invisible ink at the bottom, highlight them to make them appear):
- Absalom
- a) Murderer of father’s son
- b) Usurper of father’s throne
- c) Rapist of father’s wives
- d) Victim of father’s general
- e) All the above
- Tamar, the Canaanite
- a) Had sex with Judah’s son Er
- b) Had sex with Judah’s son Onan
- c) Had sex with Judah
- d) Is an ancestor of Jesus
- e) All the above
- David
- a) Murderer
- b) Adulterer
- c) Warrior
- d) Ruler
- e) All the above
- Rahab
- a) A prostitute
- b) A traitor
- c) A worshipper of YHWH
- d) An ancestor of Jesus
- e) All the above
While crafting these questions, if struck me how the Bible is full of stories of really messed up people. (I’d fit right in.) And God works powerfully through them, even including them in his family tree (see Matt. 1), which should give those of us who are as messed up as this batch hope.
So how’d you do on the quiz?
Answer here:
All the above for all the above.