Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Why Do People Suffer? -- Job

Peter Combes – December 10, 2000

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

 

  1. Job lived in:
  1. Egypt
  2. Babylon
  3. Persia
  4. Uz
2.    God struck Job with misfortune to: 
  1. teach him the frailty of human existence
  2. punish him for complacency
  3. win an argument with Satan
  4. improve his character
3.    The suggestion that Job should curse God came from:
  1. Satan
  2. Azazel
  3. his enemies
  4. his wife
4.     Job's friends were:
  1. Eliphaz
  2. Elihu
  3. Bildad
  4. Zophar
5.    Elihu said that "those whom God reproves" should be:
  1. penitent
  2. repentant
  3. self-examining
  4. happy
6.    "Men are born to trouble as....":
  1. waters flow to the sea
  2. sparks fly upwards
  3. sheep give birth to lambs
  4. vines give forth grapes
7.    Job mentions which constellations?:
  1. Great Bear
  2. Orion
  3. Pleiades
  4. Casseiopia
8.   Job describes his friends as:
  1. staunch allies
  2. godly men
  3. companions in misfortune
  4. miserable comforters
9.   God spoke to Job.......:
  1. out of the whirlwind
  2. out of a pillar of cloud
  3. as a still small voice
  4. by Urim and Thummim
10.   God tells Job to look at:
  1. Leviathan
  2. Behemoth
  3. the Pleiades
  4. the angels