Old Testament – NEMCC (Northeast Mississippi Community College) – Midterm Exam Questions with Verified Answers

Old Testament MidTerm – NEMCC questions
with verified answers
"Herem" means: Ans✓✓✓Ban


Abraham sends a servant to his ancestral home to find a wife for his son
because of the social convention known as: Ans✓✓✓Endogamy


According to historical narratives, the national celebration of Passover in
Israel was part of the religious reforms of what two kings?
Ans✓✓✓Hezekiah and Josiah


According to P, the ark contained all of the following except:
Ans✓✓✓the shofar


After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrate the:
Ans✓✓✓Passover


All are common themes in the book of Judges except: Ans✓✓✓Final
defeat of the Philistines


All are names for God in the Old Testament except: Ans✓✓✓Rahab


All are Noah's sons except: Ans✓✓✓Canaan

, All are true of the Gibeonites except: Ans✓✓✓They are annihilated by
Israel


All controlled the arc of the Fertile Crescent into the Levant at some
point except: Ans✓✓✓Israel


All of the following describe manna except: Ans✓✓✓It doesn't spoil


All of the following items were found in the tabernacle except a:
Ans✓✓✓Golden calf


All of the following statements are true of the Urim and Thummim
except: Ans✓✓✓They were stones


All of the following were manifestation of Yahweh when he gave the
Ten Commandments except: Ans✓✓✓an eclipse


All the books in the Old Testament were accepted as canonical at the
same time. Ans✓✓✓False


All the following themes from Genesis have parallels in Near Eastern
texts except: Ans✓✓✓Divine rest on the seventh day


At the end of Samson's life, he destroyed the temple of:
Ans✓✓✓Dagon