A.M.D.G.

Sacred Scripture
Test 2

Part One (One point each)

Mark A for True and B for False.

1. God made the universe out of pre-existing matter.

2. Genesis needs to be read literally before any interpretation can happen.
3. In Genesis 1 God makes man out of clay and takes Eve from Adam’s rib.
4. In Genesis 2 God is called YHWH and is close to Adam and Eve, wlaking aobut the
garden.
5. In Genesis 1 God is called YHWH the cosmic creator, but Elohim in chapter 2.
6. Elohim is a title that invokes God as Cosmic creator and majestic God.
7. According to Genesis God’s war with Satan brings about the visible world.
8. The devil traps man’s spirit in a body.
9. God makes the cosmos ex nihilo.
10. Man is made in God’s image and likeness.
11. God the Father’s Love creates the Son and Holy Spirit who are lesser gods.
12. The family is an image of the trinity.
13. God’s Love is so potent that His Being and Doing are one. (Do, be, do, be, do!)
14. According to Genesis man’s work does not have dignity, only God’s work.
15. Eve means, “the woman of the setting sun.”
16. After the fall Eve threw Adam’s rib at him and exclaimed, “this is all your fault!”
17. God’s first command to Adam and Eve in Genesis 1 is to avoid the tree of
knowledge.
18. Creation’s purpose is to praise, reverence, and serve God and man’s role is to assist
nature in this work.
19. St. Ignatius of Loyola’s spiritual exercises begin with an important statement about
man’s meaning and the meaning of creation.
20. When Adam fled Chuck Norris defeated the serpent in Genesis 3. (false…He didn’t
even have to. The Serpent ran away crying)
21. Satan was created good, but chose evil.
22. Satan created evil out of nothing in mockery of God.
23. The serpent converses with Eve. Adam is silent in the serpent’s presence.
24. The word for serpent in Hebrew means “slithery little snake.”
25. Adam goes so far as to blame God for his sinfulness.

Matching
a. Genesis 1 b. Genesis 2 c. Genesis 3 d. You make that up
26. God makes Adam 28. God creates the
out of Clay. world in six days.
27. Adam whines and 29. God makes animals
blames everyone first.
else for his wimpy 30. God makes man
behavior. first.
 31. The serpent sings 36. God punishes
“Ridin’ Dirty” Adam and Eve by
32. God says, “be giving them bodies.
fruitful and 37. God keeps saying,
multiply!” “It is good!”
33. God separates the 38. Eve calls for Aunty
waters. Emm and clicks her
34. God takes Eve out heels three times.
of Adam’s rib. 39. Adam finds the
35. Eve converses with woman to be a
the serpent. most suitable mate.
40. Adam and Eve get
un-naked.
41.

Fill In the blank

42. Chapters ______and ____ of Genesis deal with

creation, while chapter ____ is about the fall.
43. The Genesis creation accounts are more
concerned with telling us ____________,
__________________, and _________________ that
scientifically how.
44. God created the world _________________ or
“from nothing.”
45. Often, in ________________, such as in the story
of Cronos and the Titans, the conflict between
warring gods brings about the cosmos. Genesis
tells us, however, that God simply
____________________. Okay?
46. On the fourth day God made _______________.
47. _____________________, the founder of the
Society of Jesus, wrote the
___________________________, which begin with
a statement about man’s purpose and the
purpose of creation.
48. Man is created to
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_______.
49. Creation is there to
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50. God is ______ persons and ________ nature.
51. The human __________ (mom, dad, and baby
(ies)) is an image of the Trinity.
 52. God’s labor in Genesis shows us the dignity of
human __________.
53. If man is created in God’s image, and God is
holy, than man is called to be___________.
54. Man IS NOT a __________ trapped in a
____________.
55. Our ______________ are not a punishment but a
gift.
56. ___________ and ____________ are not supported
by Genesis since God made the visible world.
57. In Genesis 1 God is called ____________, which
shows us His power and Kingship. In Genesis 2
He is called ____________, which shows us His
closeness with man. Both stories give us vital
information about our origins.
58. In Hebrew the word for _________ does not
imply a slithery snake…its more like a giant
monster, a dragon, even leviathan.
59. If the serpent was in the garden Adam should
have been ______________________.
60. God tells Adam and Eve that they will _____ the
________ or ______ ______ if they eat of the
forbidden fruit. The serpent simply tells them
that they will not _______.
61. Adam and Eve are ____________ from the
Garden.

Short Answers (5 points)

62. Why did God make man? Why did He make created
things?
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63. What is a main difference between Genesis and most
other creation accounts (from mythology etc…)?
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64. How are Genesis 1, 2, and 3 anti Dualist?
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65. What is the deal with the “devil’s brownies?”
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66. Why is it so important to Genesis 3 to visualize the
serpent properly?
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67. What is the most interesting thing you have learned so
far?
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