Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Hymn to Love -- The Song of Songs

Peter Combes – January 7, 2001

The January 7 class will start at 9:30 a.m.

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

 

1.     The writer of the song says he is:
  1. blond
  2. dark
  3. long-haired
  4. close-shaven
2.        The writer compares his lover to:
  1. a phoenix
  2. a lamb
  3. a dove
  4. a war-horse
3.        The writer compares his lover to a: 
  1. lily
  2. willow
  3. crocus
  4. hyacinth
4.        What did Solomon make from cedars of Lebanon: 
  1. a palace
  2. the temple
  3. a statue
  4. a chariot
5.       "How much better is your love than -----":
  1. perfume
  2. wine
  3. gold
  4. fine linen
6.      Who is "as terrible as an army with banners":
  1. Satan
  2. the King
  3. Sennacherib
  4. the bride
7.       The lover's teeth are like:
  1. ivory
  2. towers
  3. sheep
  4. daggers
8.       "Shulammite" means:
  1. Shunammite
  2. inhabitant of Shulam
  3. daughter of Shulam
  4. worshipper of Shulam
9.        The lover's breasts are like:
  1. fawns
  2. grapes
  3. towers
  4. pomegranates
10.      Solomon had a vineyard at:
  1. Ramoth-Gilead
  2. Baalhamon
  3. Bethesdammin
  4. Tiphsah