Q.1
Because God is not answering the people's prayers as they would wish, Jeremiah says that it is as if God has covered himself with what?
  • With a hood
  • With a fog
  • With a blanket
  • With a cloud
Q.2
Jeremiah says that no-one would have believed that Jerusalem would fall. But God allowed it to happen because which people in particular had sinned?
  • The kings and the princes
  • The Jews and the Gentiles
  • The prophets and the priests
  • The women and the children
Q.3
Despite the destruction of Jerusalem Jeremiah says that those who were saved were done so through God's mercy. He says that God's compassions are renewed how often?
  • Every second
  • Every minute
  • Every hour
  • Every day
Q.4
In the very first verse of Lamentations Jeremiah compares the city of Jerusalem to two types of women. Who are they?
  • A spinster and a wife
  • A slave-girl and a mistress
  • A widow and a princess
  • A daughter and a mother
Q.5
In the last verse of the first poem Jeremiah acknowledges the sin of Israel but asks God to do what?
  • He asks God to forgive their sins
  • He asks God to punish their enemies
  • He asks God to turn back time
  • He asks God to bring the people home
Q.6
The fourth poem ends with a warning to one nation in particular, saying that it will also be punished by God. Which nation is Jeremiah referring to?
  • Edom
  • Babylon
  • Assyria
  • Egypt
Q.7
Jeremiah encourages people to pray and to pour out what as if it were water?
  • To pour out their hearts
  • To pour out their oil
  • To pour out their praise
  • To pour out their money
Q.8
The last verse in the Book of Lamentations speaks of God's what?
  • God's anger
  • God's mercy
  • God's love
  • God's kingdom
Q.9
The fifth poem takes the form of a prayer to God. In it Jeremiah praises God, saying that His what passes from generation to generation?
  • His love
  • His glory
  • His anger
  • His throne
Q.10
The second poem is an eyewitness account of the destruction of Jerusalem. In it Jeremiah mourns the loss of all in the city including children and babies killed by what?
  • By disease
  • By lack of food
  • By the swords of the enemy
  • By being thrown from the city walls
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