Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

The King Burns the Scroll 

Jeremiah: Chapters 34 -- 39

Peter Combes – February 17, 2002, 9:30 a.m.

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(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        Zedekiah is denounced for a breach of the Law regarding: 
  1. dietary laws
  2. care of widows
  3. idolatry
  4. slavery
2.      Jeremiah applauds the faithfulness of a sect called the:
  1. Zealots
  2. Nazarenes
  3. Rechabites
  4. Levites
3.        Baruch wrote the Scroll of Jeremiah by:
  1. receiving dictation from Jeremiah
  2. interviewing people who had heard him preach
  3. collecting preacher's notes
  4. direct inspiration
4.        The burning of the scroll was opposed by:
  1. priests
  2. princes
  3. people
  4. soldiers

5.        The siege of Jerusalem was lifted by:

  1. divine intervention
  2. the approach of the Egyptian army
  3. bad weather
  4. rebellion in Babylon
6.       Jeremiah was accused of:
  1. falsifying scripture
  2. inventing dreams
  3. taking bribes
  4. deserting to the enemy
7.       When Jeremiah was condemned, he was:
  1. thrown into a cistern
  2. stoned
  3. walled up alive
  4. left in the desert
8.     Jeremiah was saved by:
  1. a Chaldean
  2. a Syrian
  3. an Egyptian
  4. an Ethiopian
9.       When he was captured, Zedekiah was:
  1. crucified
  2. mutilated
  3. imprisoned
  4. blinded
10.       Jeremiah promised Ebedmelech that he would be:
  1. sent back to Ethiopia
  2. made a satrap in Babylon
  3. allowed to stay in Jerusalem
  4. made a prize of war