Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Beginning of the Beginning -- Genesis

Peter Combes -- September 17, 2000

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

 

1.    In Genesis 1:

  1. Men and women are created together

  2. The first woman is created from a rib of the first man

  3. The first man is a modified ape

  4. Men are fallen angels

 

2.    The first murderer is:

  1. pursued by God

  2. protected by God

  3. killed by God

  4. forgiven by God

 

3.    Noah took into the ark:

  1. two pairs of every living thing

  2. seven pairs of clean animals and one pair of unclean animals

  3. unicorns, centaurs, and gryphons

  4. carnivores and herbivores

 

4.    The Noahic covenant condemned:

  1. adultery

  2. seething an ass in its mother's milk

  3. eating food offered to idols

  4. murder

 

5.    The mark of the covenant with Abram was:

  1. the rainbow

  2. thunder and lightning

  3. a miraculous stone

  4. circumcision

 

6.    Abraham went to sacrifice his son on Mount:

  1. Zion

  2. Gerizim

  3. Moriah

  4. Hermon

 

7.    Genesis 24 tells the story of Rebekah.  Its historicity has been challenged because of the mention of:

  1. camels

  2. nose-rings

  3. a well

  4. city gates

 

8.    The sons of Jacob were:

  1. eponymous tribal leaders

  2. eponymous months of the year

  3. rain gods

  4. seasonal icons

 

9.    Joseph was falsely accused by:

  1. his brothers

  2. his master's wife

  3. the slave overseer

  4. the master builder

 

10.    Joseph's body was:

  1. cremated

  2. left on a Tower of Silence

  3. buried at sea

  4. embalmed