Unit 2: God Revealed to His Chosen People

What did God promise in his covenant with Abraham?

• Land and riches

• great wealth and many descendants

• land and to make a great nation of his descendants

• great wealth and a nation

Why are Abraham and Sarah unlikely candidates for the mission God has for them?

• They are old and infertile.

• They lack faith.

• They do not understand what God wants from them.

• They do not believe in God.

What are the sign(s) of God's covenant with Abraham?

• changed names

• circumcision

• a rainbow

Who are the patriarchs, the "fathers of our faith"?

• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

• Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph

• Abraham, Moses, and Jesus

• Israel, John the Baptist, and Jesus

What does the account of Abraham's near sacrifice of Isaac prefigure?

• Moses's death before entering the Promised Land

• the deaths of the prophets

• Jesus' Crucifixion

• Joseph's enslavement

What did Pharoah order?

• the Egyptian army to kill all the Israelites.

• the Israelites to give up their homes and belongings to the Egypt.

• the Israelite midwives to kill all newborn baby boys.

• the Israelit army to turn over their weapons.

What was Moses raised as?

• a slave in Pharoah's household

• an Israelite

• an Egyptian royal

• an Assyrian

Where did Moses first encounter G od?

• in the reeds on the river

• in the stone tablets

• on a mountain

• in a burning bush

Why was Moses an unlikely representative for God?

• He could not speak well

• He had very little faith in God

• He was not really an Israelite

• He was deaf

What did God do to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go?

• He relied on Moses's ability to reason with Pharaoh

• He sent his armies from other nations to conquer the Egyptians

• He brought a series of plagues on the Egyptians

• He revealed his mission to Pharaoh's wife in a dream