PM Final Review

Figurative Language uses words or expressions which convey a meaning different than would be understood by a literal interpretation or reading.

• True

• False

Religious Truth is the deeper meaning that God reveals to us in Sacred Scripture.

• True

• False

One of the many truths about God that the Book of Genesis reveals about God is that God is vindictive and hateful.

• True

• False

Primeval history refers to what period of time?

• One for which archeological records exist

• One for which no written records exist

• The period of time before medieval history

• A particularly bad and dark period of history

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1:1). From this line, we can infer that:

• God made Heaven.

• God made Earth.

• God made both the visible and invisible world.

• God made only what we can see and know through science.

“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). From this line we can infer that:

• Humanity is called to be good stewards of creation.

• All of creation is good.

• Humanity is created for an intimate relationship with God.

• Humanity is not meant to be a solitary creation.

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’ The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found” (Genesis 2: 15-20). Referring to these lines we can infer that:

• All creation is good

• 1. Humanity is called to be good stewards of creation.

• 1. Humanity is created for an intimate relationship with God.

• 1. Humanity is not meant to be a solitary creation.

What did it symbolize when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

• The strength of the human will over pain and death

• Their lack of trust in God

• Their fear of the unknown

• Their desire to prove that God does not have power over them

“Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). This verse shows an intimate relationship between man and God which continues until the Fall. This perfect unity between man and God, which was lost after the Fall, is called:

• Original Sin

• Original Justice

• Original Holiness

• Original Goodness

“God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth” (Genesis 1:28). “And the man and his wife were both naked and felt no shame” (Genesis 2:25). These verses refer to the perfect relationship between humanity and the rest of creation before the Fall, which is referred to as:

• Original Sin

• Original Justice

• Original Holiness

• Original Goodness