Chapter 19 Self Quiz

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. The word "revelation" means _____.

unveiling correct incorrect

reasoned defense correct incorrect

secret teaching correct incorrect

heavenly journey correct incorrect

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. Chapters 2 and 3 of the book of Revelation are _____.

a vision of Christ correct incorrect

a tour of hell correct incorrect

letters to churches correct incorrect

descriptions of the destruction of the world correct incorrect

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. All of the following are true of the genre of apocalypse except _____.

they are first-person narratives correct incorrect

they are among the oldest books of the Hebrew Bible correct incorrect

they contain symbolic visions correct incorrect

they explain the realities of the world correct incorrect

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. One way that Revelation is different from most apocalypses is _____.

it is not pseudonymous correct incorrect

it is pseudonymous correct incorrect

it has many repetitions correct incorrect

it uses symbolic animals to explain current conditions correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an apocalypse in the Hebrew Bible?

John correct incorrect

Adam correct incorrect

Daniel correct incorrect

Isaiah correct incorrect

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. The author of Revelation _____.

wrote no other books in the New Testament correct incorrect

wrote the Gospel of John correct incorrect

wrote the Johannine epistles correct incorrect

was Jesus' brother correct incorrect

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. The number of the beast, 666, most likely refers to _____.

Satan correct incorrect

Nero correct incorrect

Herod correct incorrect

Pilate correct incorrect

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. Name the "great city" referred to in Revelation that was built on seven hills and ruled the world in John's day _____.

Constantinople correct incorrect

Rome correct incorrect

Ephesus correct incorrect

Jerusalem correct incorrect

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. How many sets of seven major disasters are depicted in Revelation?

one correct incorrect

two correct incorrect

three correct incorrect

four correct incorrect

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. Which ancient Christian recognized that the book of Revelation was not written by the author of the Gospel of John?

Paul correct incorrect

Athanasius correct incorrect

Dionysius correct incorrect

Peter correct incorrect

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. Apocalypses often take the form of _____.

historical sketches correct incorrect

epistles correct incorrect

ancient biographies correct incorrect

psalms correct incorrect

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. The book of Daniel appears to be written approximately how many years after it alleges?

one hundred correct incorrect

two hundred correct incorrect

three hundred correct incorrect

four hundred correct incorrect

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. To six of the churches, Jesus gives both praises and admonitions. Which is the only church to which Jesus gives no praise to any of its members but only admonition?

Laodicea correct incorrect

Philadelphia correct incorrect

Smyrna correct incorrect

Ephesus correct incorrect

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. The book of Revelation was probably completed during the reign of which Roman emperor?

Caesar Augustus correct incorrect

Nero correct incorrect

Domitian correct incorrect

Tiberius correct incorrect