Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Justice and Love – Judges and Ruth

Peter Combes -- October 22, 2000

(The answers to the following may be multiple or "none of the above")

1.        Deborah was:

a.       a prophetess

b.      a judge

c.       a warrior

d.      a wife

2.        Sisera was killed by:

a.       Samson

b.      Abimelech

c.       Gideon

d.      Jael the wife of Heber

3.        Gideon chose men who:

a.       lapped water

b.      used their hands to drink

c.       never drank

d.      drank out of pitchers

4.    When the trees wanted a king, they chose:

a.       The oak

b.      The fig tree

c.       The apple tree

d.      The bramble

5.      Abimelech feared being killed by:

1. a snake
2. a scorpion
3. a lion
4. a woman

6.      Jephthah sacrificed:

a.       1000 bullocks

b.      a golden eagle

c.       a lion

d.      his daughter

7.      Who demanded that people say “Shibboleth” correctly?

1. Samson
2. Jephthah
3. Gideon
4. Deboraj

8.      The effective way to remove Samson’s strength was to:

a.       bind him with cords

b.      bind him with bow-strings

c.       chain him to an ox

d.      cut off his hair

9.      The King of Israel at the time of Samson was:

        a.    David

        b.   Hezekiah

        c.    Josiah

        d.    Ahab

10.    Ruth gave her first-born:

    a.    to her mother-in-law

    b.    to be a priest

    c.    to be a prophet

    d.    to be a king