1. What do the books of Haggai, Obadiah, Zechariah and Malachi have in common?
a. They were all composed between 520-586 BC
b. They were all addressed to the Jewish community who returned from exile in Babylonia
c. They were all outcries against other nations
d. They were all lesser prophets
2. When did Jewish exiles make their way back to Jerusalem?
a. 486 BC
b. 515 BC
c. 539 BC
d. 620 BC
3. Who was Haggai?
a. A Jewish exile who served in the king’s court
b. A Judean farmer who served as a postexilic classical prophet
c. A Judean farmer who served as a preexilic classical prophet
d. A carpenter from Samaria
4. Which statements are true about the book of Haggai? Choose all that apply.
a. Haggai reassured the Jews that even if they failed to rebuild their own homes, the Temple would be rebuilt no matter what
b. He identified the governor Zerubbabel as the Davidic messiah and God’s anointed one
c. The theme is a call to establish priorities, expressed in rebuilding the Temple
d. The book consists of 16 words (oracles), given in 10 days
5. What relationship does the book of Haggai have to the NT and the revelation of Jesus as the Messiah?
a. Haggai predicted Christ coming in the line of David
b. Haggai’s zeal for the rebuilding of the Temple mirror’s Jesus’ zeal
c. In Haggai’s day, those who anticipated peace and economic prosperity were disappointed; this carried on to Jesus’ day when he stunned the Jews declaring his kingdom was not of this world
d. The book describes the coming Messiah in detail
6. Who did Obadiah prophesy against?
a. Edom
b. Caanan
c. Egypt
d. Babylon
7. Which facts are important in reading the book of Obadiah? Choose all that apply.
a. There are only 2 people named Obadiah in the OT; the prophet is not to be confused with the Obadiah who met Elijah in 1 Kings
b. The book of Obadiah is an oracle couched in nationalist language with the theme of the doom of Edom
c. Obadiah is the only prophet to address neither Israel nor Judah
d. It is important that we do not take Obadiah’s denouncement of Edom as divine disgust for modern Jordan
8. Zechariah was…
a. A preexilic prophet who warned Israel of Babylon’s coming
b. A prophet sent into exile
c. A post-exilic prophet, calling the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem
d. A post-exilic priest who was born in Babylon
9. Which is not true about the book of Zechariah?
a. He had eight night visions, where an angel interpreted them
b. The exiles who returned faced a massive drought; this book was written to explain why this was so
c. According to Matthew, Zechariah was taken into the heavens, his body never found
d. The genre is one of “apocalyptic prophecy” as in Ezekiel and Daniel
10. Which is not true about the book of Malachi?
a. Many scholars suspect that Deutero-Zechariah and the book of Malachi make up a three-part prophetic collection, all beginning with the same phrase found no where else
b. The book is comprised of six dialogues or disputes between God and his people
c. Most of the sins mentioned in Malachi are also mentioned in Exodus
d. Malachi presents God as both the God of Israel and the God of the whole world
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