The Living Word Chapter 11 Practice Quiz

A literary technique that uses human characteristics to describe something that is nonhuman and often abstract.

• lament

• personification

• thanksgiving

• praise

A type of psalm that thanks God for his amazing action in our lives.

• lament

• personification

• thanksgiving

• praise

The author of Ecclesiastes, who proclaims that God’s ways are not ours, nor is his time line ours.

• Qoheleth/Teacher

• Song of Songs

• Book of Psalms

• Book of Job

Depicts a relationship between a lover and beloved to symbolize the relationship between God and Israel—or between Jesus and the Church.

• Song of Songs

• Book of Wisdom

• Book of Psalms

• Book of Proverbs

Also known as the Psalter, this book sings to us about Israel’s relationship with God.

• Book of Proverbs

• Book of Psalms

• Book of Wisdom

• Book of Job

Recounts one human being’s struggle to make sense out of what seems to be unnecessary and undeserved suffering.

• Song of Songs

• Book of Proverbs

• Book of Wisdom

• Book of Job

Collection of short poems and concise sayings that represent the insights from generations of Israelite history.

• Book of Psalms

• Book of Proverbs

• Book of Wisdom

• Song of Songs

A type of psalm that cries out for God’s intervention in difficult situations.

• lament

• personification

• praise

• thanksgiving

Written by an unknown Jewish leader to encourage the Jews to remain faithful to the wisdom revealed in their history and tradition.

• Book of Job

• Book of Psalms

• Book of Proverbs

• Book of Wisdom

A type of psalm that extols God as Creator of the earth and author of history.

• lament

• personification

• praise

• thanksgiving