Literary Forms In The Bible

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a literary form?

The language the Bible was written in

English texts

Types of writing used in the Bible

Examples of covenant

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A brief story that uses familiar, everyday lessons to teach an important truth about God

Narrative

Parable

Prayer

Myth

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A book of songs and poems from the Bible

Prayer

Salms

Psalms

Samson

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An imaginative story that uses symbols to speak about reality

Myth

Parable

Prophecy

Gospels

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A collection of short, wise sayings about everyday issues.

Laws

Prophecy

Psalms

Proverbs

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A narrative is

A story used to teach a moral lesson

Someone talking about their own life

A prayer to God

A historical account of events that happened to God's people

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The four gospels are

Mathew, Peter, Mark and James

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

James, Mark, John and Jesus

Samson, John, Mark and Peter

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Is the books of Acts in the Old or New Testament?

Old

New

9.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Literal language

Upholds the exact or primary meaning of the words

Uses the symbolic meaning of the words

Is a made up story

Is a word we use to prove a point

10.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Figurative language

Uses figures to explain what you mean

Draws pictures to prove what you mean

Is what you are literally trying to say

Uses metaphors and figures of speech to mean something else

11.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

"The Lord God is a sun and shield" from Psalm 84:11 is

Figurative

Literal

12.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Historical stories are

Stories that predict the future in the Bible

Stories that are debated if they're fictional

Stories that really happened

Symbolic language

13.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What is the Pentateuch?

Old Testament

The story of Jesus' death

The name for God in the Old Testament

First five books of the bible

14.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What is a genealogy?

An autobiography

List of ancestors and descendants

The history of Jesus

The science of DNA

15.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What is an epistle?

A song

A poem

A letter

A parable

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