Lesson 1 Overview Quiz – Gog and Magog

1. During which period of Israel's history did Ezekiel receive his prophecies? *

A. The wilderness wanderings under Moses

B. The Babylonian captivity

C. The reign of King David

D. The rebuilding of the temple under Nehemiah

2. According to the lesson, what was Ezekiel's background before he became a prophet? *

A. He was a shepherd from Bethlehem

B. He was a scribe trained in Egypt

C. He was a priest from the tribe of Levi, a descendant of Aaron

D. He was a soldier in the army of Judah

3. Which prophet does the lesson identify as Ezekiel's contemporary, also taken to Babylon? *

A. Isaiah

B. Jeremiah

C. Elijah

D. Daniel

4. What does Dr. Woods mean by "prophetic stage-setting"? *

A. That God arranges world conditions in advance, as He did before Christ's first coming

B. That prophecy can be reinterpreted whenever events change

C. That preachers should dramatize prophecy for their audiences

D. That prophecy is only symbolic and never involves real nations

5. Which two developments does the lesson cite as examples of God preparing the world for Christ's first coming? *

A. The reign of King Herod and the building of the second temple

B. The Roman peace and roads, along with the spread of the Greek language

C. The Babylonian exile and the return under Cyrus

D. The rise of the Pharisees and the writing of the Talmud

6. What are the five journalistic questions Dr. Woods will use to study Ezekiel 38 and 39? *

A. Who, what, where, why, and whether

B. Who, when, why, what, and how

C. What, where, when, why, and who wrote it

D. Why, how, who, where, and how much

7. Which passage does Dr. Woods use to identify where the ancient people groups settled after the flood? *

A. The Table of Nations in Genesis 10

B. The genealogy of Christ in Matthew 1

C. The list of tribes in Numbers 1

D. The seventy nations of Deuteronomy 32

8. What is "newspaper exegesis," and how does Dr. Woods respond to the accusation? *

A. It means reading current events back into the Bible, and he denies it by refusing to cite any current event while identifying the nations

B. It means quoting news sources as Scripture, and he admits he does this often

C. It means avoiding the news entirely, and he says believers should do so

D. It means preaching only from headlines, and he says it is the best method available

9. According to the lesson, which modern region does Magog most likely represent? *

A. Northern Africa

B. Western Europe

C. The nations of Central Asia, the modern "Stans"

D. The Arabian Peninsula

10. Why does Dr. Woods emphasize that the scholar Gesenius identified Rosh as Russia back in 1842? *

A. Because Gesenius later changed his mind about the identification

B. Because it was the first time Russia was mentioned in any book

C. Because 1842 was the year Russia first threatened Israel

D. Because it came long before Russia was a communist or nuclear power, so it cannot be dismissed as reading headlines into Scripture