Title: Chapter 04: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Daniel and the Five Scrolls
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: During what historical period are the narratives in Daniel set?
- the Babylonian exile (the Babylonian exile)

Q: Besides Daniel, list three other Old Testament books that scholars identify as having examples of apocalyptic literature in them.
- Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel (Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel)

Q: What is the primary message of the book of Daniel?
- because there is hope that history will come to its just culmination, the oppressed community should live lives of courageous obedience in the midst of temptation to follow the lifestyle and religious practices of the Babylonians (because there is hope that history will come to its just culmination, the oppressed community should live lives of courageous obedience in the midst of temptation to follow the lifestyle and religious practices of the Babylonians)

Q: What does the Hebrew term “Megilloth” mean and which books are included in this collection?
- brief scrolls; Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations (brief scrolls; Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations)

Q: What form do the poems that make up Lamentations take?
- acrostic (acrostic)