L.A.

Allusion Research Test

Directions: The following exam will test your knowledge over the discussions and research we conducted in class. Click the best answer.

Biblical Allusions

Armageddon refers to 

• A biblical star

• The “righteous one”

• The afterworld

• A site for gathering in the end times 

The  “Tower of Babel” seeks to explain

• The origins of language

• The nonsense of life

• Architectural Beginnings

• None of the above

Which biblical individual is allowed to suffer at the hands of the devil?

• Isaac

• Eve

• Solomon

• Job

Samson’s power stems from...

• God’s will

• The Jesuit Staff

• His intelligence

•  His hair

Why is Jonah swallowed by the whale?

• Carelessness

•  Disobedience

• He was too righteous

• None of the Above

 In the Judeo-Christian creation myth, how long does it take God to create the heavens and the earth?

• Five

• Seven

• Two

• Six

Who owns the “coat of many colors?”

• Solomon

• Judas

•  Elijah

•  None of the above

Why is Daniel thrown into the lion’s den?

• Fighting

• Taxes

• Praying

• Adultery

In the “Parable of the Prodigal Son,” what does prodigal mean?

• Happy

• Extravagant and wasteful

•  Cordially playful

• Insensitive

In the story, “David and Goliath,” what other term is Goliath referred to as?

• The Philistine

• The Cyclops

•  The Barbarian

• None of the above