Notre Dame of Masiag, Inc.

Masiag, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat

Government Recognition No. 018, s. 1993
TIN: 000-578-187 (Non VAT)
“Service for the love of God through Mary”
SACRED SCRIPTURES
PRELIM EXAM
Name: _________________________________ Grade/Sec:________________ Score:_______
TEST I: MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each sentence below and choose your answer from the 3 given choices. Encircle
the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is the God- inspired written record of how He made Himself known to certain people in history
a. Bible b. Dictionary c. Scripture
2. This is why the Bible is also called _______, which means “sacred writings.”
a. Dictionary b. Scripture c. Bible
3. It much of the content of the Old Testament came from oral traditions that were handed down from generation to
generation.
a. Written records b. Canon c. Oral Tradition
4. It is the oral traditions were written materials such as the speeches and writings of prophets, works of sages and
poets, codes and laws.
a. Written records b. Oral Tradition c. Canon
5. It is the Israelites had to decide which books were to become part of the final collection of books known as the
Canon of Scriptures.
a. Canon b. Written records c. Oral Tradition
6. How many books are in the Old Testament?
a. 33 b. 27 c. 46
7. How many books are in the New Testament?
a. 32 b. 28 c. 27
8. It is truly life-giving and mature only through love.
a. God b. man c. Christian faith
9. God’s revelation is ____.
a. Bad b. word c. sacred
10. God is a living God and His Word is a living ____.
a. say b. meaning c. word

TEST II: COMPLETION: Look and read this Bible Text GENESIS 1: 1-7, complete the text below based on what you
have read from the given Bible Text.
In the beginning, when _______ created the _________, the earth was _________ and _________. The raging
_______ that covered ___________ was engulfed in total _________, and the _________ of God was __________ over
the _________. Then God ____________. Let there be __________t and light ___________. God was pleased with what
he __________. Then he separated the light from the ___________, and he named the light _______ and the darkness
Night. ___________ passed and morning came that was the ________ day. Then God commanded, let there be a dome to
divide the water and to keep it in _________ separate places and it was done. So God made a ________, and it was
separated the water under it from the water above it.

Test III: TRUE or FALSE: Write True if the statement is correct, otherwise False, on the blank provided before the
number.
1. The Bible is about God. Through the Bible, we can get to know our God.
2. The Bible is about people. A part of Bible consists of narratives about real men and women.
3. The Bible is about salvation history. The Bible records almost 2,000 years in the history of a small but significant
people in the Middle East.
4. The Bible is about faith. The Bible is not merely a collection of religious stories or simply one of the many surviving
examples of ancient religious literature from the Middle East.
5. The Bible is about us. Do not think that the story of the ancient Israelites has nothing to do with our lives today.
6. Oral Tradition. Much of the content of the Old Testament came from oral traditions that were handed down from
generation to generation.
 7. Written records. With the oral traditions were written materials such as the speeches and writings of prophets,
works of sages and poets, codes and laws.
8. The Canon. The Israelites had to decide which books were to become part of the final collection of books known
as the Canon of Scriptures.
9. The Old Testament centers on the covenant God made with the Israelites and the many consequences of this
covenant on their lives not only as individuals but especially as a nation.
10. The Christian Bible has two major parts.

TEST IV : IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being described or defined in each of the item below. Write your
answer on the blank provided before each number.
____________1. It is the God- inspired written record of how He made Himself known to certain people in history
____________2. It much of the content of the Old Testament came from oral traditions that were handed down from
generation to generation.
____________3. It is the oral traditions were written materials such as the speeches and writings of prophets, works
of sages and poets, codes and laws.
____________4. How many books are in the Old Testament?
____________5. How many books are in the New Testament?
____________6. It is talking and listening to God.
____________7. Through the Bible, we can get to know our God.
____________8. It is a part of Bible consists of narratives about real men and women.
____________9. The Bible records almost 2,000 years in the history of a small but significant people in the Middle
East—the Israelites.
___________10. The Bible is not merely a collection of religious stories or simply one of the many surviving examples
of ancient religious literature from the Middle East.

TEST V: ESSAY: Answer the questions. Write your answer below.

1. Why is it called the Bible?

Rubric for the essay writing

CRITERIA 5 3 2
Content Clearly elaborate Adequately elaborate Did not elaborate
important details important details important details
Spelling and 1-3 errors in 4-6 errors in 7 and more error in
Grammar spelling, rules of spelling, rules of spelling, rules of
grammar and grammar and grammar and
punctuation punctuation punctuation
Exceptional sense Adequate sense of Lacks sense of clear
Organization of clear and orderly clear and orderly and orderly
connectionof ideas connection of connection of ideas
ideas

Total