How much do you know? GENESIS 1-11

Genesis emphasizes that the creation of humans is different from the creation of plants and animals. In what is the description of the creation of humans different?

• It goes into more scientific detail.

• It is more personal/intimate.

• It is more formal.

• God got outside help in creating humans.

When God tells the man and woman to care for the world, Genesis describes this as __________.

• work

• blessing

• work and blessing

• neither work nor blessing

During the 6 days of creation, what is the only thing God describes as being “not good”?

• Adam's aloneness

• Adam's ability to make choices

• the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

• the tree of life

Which of the following is true of the way Genesis 1-2 describes the woman?

• like the man

• unlike the man

• both like and unlike the man

In Genesis 2, a special word is used to describe the woman--a word that helps us understand God's design for men and women. What does this word mean?

• friend/partner

• assistant

• clone/duplicate

• weak/small

According to Genesis 1-2, God made humans in his "image." Which metaphor best communicates what this means?

• Humans are designed to resemble God as a photograph resembles a real person--look at one, and you get an idea of what the other is like.

• Humans are meant to "imagine" God and make themselves into copies of this image--like a child imagining what a scientist is like and then dressing and acting like that.

• Humans are designed to be copies of God--only smaller in scale. They are like a lesser clone.

Which most accurately describes what Genesis 1-11 says is true of humans, as a result of their sin and rebellion?

• Sin corrupts humans by destroying all signs of God's image in them.

• Sin cannot erase God's image in humans, but it distorts the reflection so much that it is barely recognizable.

• Sin highlights God's image in humans.

God told the first man and woman that they would die if they ate the fruit from one particular tree. A creature in the garden told them they would not die if they ate it. Who was right?

• God was right. They did die.

• The creature was right. They did not die.

In Genesis 3, which image represents all human efforts to make up for our sin/to cover up our shame?

• animal skins

• tree of life

• serpent's head being crushed

• tree of knowledge of good and evil

• fig leaves

In Genesis 3, Eve said she had been tricked by the creature into rebelling against God. In what sense was she "tricked"?

• he bullied and intimidated her

• he disguised himself as a messenger from God (she thought she was obeying God)

• he lied to and manipulated her, but she let it happen

• he used mind control and black magic to make her think he was really God, and she was confused by his signs/wonders.

• he prevented her from remembering what God had told her