BIBL 325 Quiz Midterm
BIBL 325 Quiz 1 Midterm
- Which of the following does not represent the three main elements of classic story:
- “Synoptic” comes from the Greek adjective synoptikos, which means “to see with or together.”
- Which of the four Gospels contains the only account of Jesus as an adolescent:
- Which of the four Gospels does not contain Jesus’ encounter with a blind man named Bartimaeus:
- Matthew contains approximately how many direct quotations from the Old Testament:
- Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman in John 4 best demonstrates the ______________ story:
- When one deals with the question of who wrote a particular Gospel, the evidence is normally based on external evidence alone.
- The primary form of the Gospels is story, or narrative.
- The most elementary rule for interpreting a discourse of any kind is to ask the question, “Who are the characters involved?”
- Story, parable, discourse, dialogue, and biography are all individual genres that appear in the Gospels.
- Most of the discourse material in the Gospels consists of direct addresses by Jesus.
- A point of similarity between conflict and encounter stories is that both rely heavily on plot as the thing that carry the story.
- Which of the following questions appears in Jesus’ encounter with the blind man of Luke 18:
- Which of the following passages best demonstrates Jesus’ oratorical skill:
- This story type found in the Gospels, a collection of stories instead of a single action, is referred to as:
- The word “gospel” is derived from the Greek euangelion, which literally translates:
- According to The Inquisitive Christ ̧ how many verses appear between the records of the two miraculous feedings in Matthew?
- How many questions does Jesus ask in Mark 8:1-38:
- Narrative deals primarily with thought while discourse deals primarily with action.
- In a pronouncement story, someone comes to a realization of who Jesus is, namely, the Messiah or Savior.
- Which of the Gospels has the largest blocks of discourse material?
- Which of the following is defined as a brief story in which an event in Jesus’ life is paired with a memorable saying or proverb uttered by Jesus?
- In an encounter story, dialogue usually carries the story.
- According to The Inquisitive Christ, the Socratic method of teaching involves the asking of questions to the student.
- The first thing to identify in a Gospel story is the conflict.
- It is a feature of the Gospels that the characters are representative cross section of humanity.
- Which of the following is not a genre contained in the passion narratives of the Gospels:
- All of the material in Matthew is arranged chronologically.
- The largest category of stories in the Gospels is the ________________ story:
- The genealogical records in the Gospels may have come from temple records or oral tradition.
- Which of the following questions appears in Jesus’ encounter with the disciples at the feeding of 4,000 in Matthew 15:
- In both the biographical and literary parts of the gospels, Jesus is presented as the perfect victim.
- Travel stories have been prominent in the literature of the world at every stage of history, including the Gospels.
- The teaching material of the Gospels falls into which of the following categories:
- The Gospel of Matthew shows us that Jesus Christ is the Messiah of Israel and explains God’s kingdom program.
- Each of the four Gospels devotes only 10-15 percent to the passion narratives.
- One genre that is distinctive to the Bible, both Old and New Testament, is the calling, or vocation, story.
- Which of the following questions appears in Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisees in John
- The techniques by which storytellers create or present characters is called:
- The genealogies of Jesus occur in Matthew and Mark’s Gospels.