HRE 101
Name: _______________
Unit 2 Test Review
Test Date:_________________________
What is the Bible?
Genesis 4:15
1. a) Identify the book, chapter and verse for the above Bible passage.
b) Locating Bible verses:
Genesis 12: 2
Who is speaking?
Mark 12 : 30
Who is speaking?
2. Use the chart below to define all the terms we have covered in Unit 2.
CE
BC
Literal
Contextual
Life
Oral
Written
AD
Patriarch
Covenant
Old Testament
New Testament
Theist
Agnostic
Polytheism
Monotheism
Truths in the Bible
3. There are SIX ways we understand the different truths in the Bible.
a.
Continue to add the missing truths, and provide the definitions for each.
b) Using the same passages from the first page of this review, identify which type of truth each is.
Genesis 12:2 ___________________________________________________________________
Why? ______________________________________________________________________________
Mark 12:30 ___________________________________________________________________
Why? ______________________________________________________________________________
Literary Forms
4. a) There are different forms or WAYS of writing found in the bible because each author presented the truth in
a way that he/she could see it, and express it.
Identify and explain each form.
Drama
Parable
Narrative
Poem
Official Report
b) There are also types of writing in the forms of…..
Letters:________________________________________________________________________
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Lists: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Sermons: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Proverbs: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Find an example in the New or Old Testament for at least TWO of the above and be prepared to share your
findings!!
Example 1:
Example 2:
Contextual vs. Literal Interpretation of the Bible
4. Identify the type of interpretations for the following examples of common phrases and Bible passages.
Contextual of literal?
a) Doug seemed to be in a bad mood…it seems he had a “chip on his shoulder”. _________________
What does this really mean?_______________________________________________________
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b) Mark 9:43 “So, if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off! (Jesus) _____________________
What does this really mean? _______________________________________________________
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c) Luke 17: 3-4 “ If your brother sins, and he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in one
day, and each time he comes to you saying ‘I repent”, you must forgive him.” (Jesus) _____________________
What does this mean? ____________________________________________________________
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d) Sarah had taken on too many social activities and had fallen between in her school work. She found herself
to be “in a pickle”.
______________________
What does this really mean? _______________________________________________________
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Genesis
5. a) There are two versions of the Genesis story in regards to Creation. We know
that the literal explanation shows the Creation story unfolding in seven days, and,
in the Second Creation story, events happen differently. This tells us that we are
provided with two versions of Creation; that there were different authors.
The first account of Creation is stylized and poetic. The reasons for this are:
___________________________________________________________________
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b) List several differences between the First Creation Story and the Second Creation Story.
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Alienation
6. There are several types of alienation (distance between ourselves, God, nature and people).
Identify which type of alienation is present by the description provided.
Self Alienation
God Alienation
Nature Alienation
People Alienation
_____________________ sin separates us from one another. Instead of depending on people, we sin and
separate and distance ourselves from developing intimate relationships.
____________________ emphasizes our duties and responsibilities of humans to care for and look after the
environment.
_____________________ shows that we hide from God as a result of committing sin and distancing ourselves
from God
____________________ involves committing actions with the intention of deliberately hurting ourselves.
Alienation occurs through TWO TYPES of sin _____________________ and __________________.
We commit sin when we knowingly choose to do wrong, OR when we fail or “omit” to do the right thing. Below
each arrow, give an example of a sin of commission and a sin of omission.
Vices and Virtues
7. a) The theological virtues are gifts given to us through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Faith is __________________________________________
Hope is __________________________________________
Charity is ________________________________________
b) Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Prudence are called the Cardinal Virtues.
Briefly describe each of these virtues.
c) What vice to do find yourself commonly displaying? Support your response using a real-life example from
your own life.
d) Remember the following case study from Unit # 1 Test Review? Here is a short summary.
Jeremy had been teased by the other boys at school since he was in grade six at St. Bernard’s Elementary
school. He was made fun of for his clothes and his acne prone skin. The ring leader of this group, Charlie, was
especially mean to him. He was much taller and bigger in size than Jeremy, and he frequently pushed into him
at recess. Jeremy was afraid to tell his parents and teachers about the situation because Charlie had warned
him that it would get much “worse” if he said anything. MANY of the kids didn’t like the way that Charlie treated
Jeremy, or how he treated any of the kids for that matter.
Using the case study, answer the questions below.
a) Social sin is committed by….. (hint: you will find this in your note entitled “De-creation”)
b) Choose at least two of the virtues and describe how they COULD have helped in this situation!
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Answers:
Genesis 12:2 I will give you many decedents, and they will become a great nation
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.