Title: Chapter 03: Multiple Choice Questions: Exile and Beyond
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Which of the prophets was one of the first among those taken to Babylon in the first deportation of 597 BCE?
- Ezra
- Haggai
- Joel
- Ezekiel
A: Ezekiel

Q: Which of the following is a possible interpretation of the Servant of YHWH’s identity in Isaiah 40–55?
- the nation of Israel
- a prophetic figure
- a royal figure
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: After the fall of Jerusalem, the loss of what meant that Israel had no means of atonement?
- a Davidic king on the throne
- the temple
- prophetic figures
- none of the above
A: the temple

Q: Which empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire?
- Persian
- Egyptian
- Assyrian
- Greek
A: Persian

Q: In what year did King Cyrus issue an edit that allowed the return of Israel to their land?
- 638 BCE
- 538 BCE
- 438 BCE
- 338 BCE
A: 538 BCE

Q: Which prophetic book focuses upon the judgment that will come upon Edom because of Edom’s betrayal of Israel?
- Ezekiel
- Jonah
- Obadiah
- Haggai
A: Obadiah

Q: Which prophetic book differs from the others in that it contains a story about the prophet rather than the sermons of the prophet?
- Joel
- Jonah
- Obadiah
- Zechariah
A: Jonah

Q: Which of the following is NOT one of the major interests running throughout the Chronicler’s work?
- the glorification of the Davidic kingship
- those who oppose the Chronicler’s view are false voices
- Judah as the only true Israel
- justification for the existence of the northern kingdom of Israel
A: justification for the existence of the northern kingdom of Israel

Q: Which of the following was one of the shifts in prophetic tradition connected to the fall of Jerusalem in 587/6 BCE?
- the move from poetry to prose
- the move from long prophecies to short prophecies
- the move from prophecies primarily about foreign nations to prophecies primarily about Israel
- none of the above
A: the move from poetry to prose