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title: King David and King Solomon — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 9 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 9 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# King David and King Solomon

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**Tests:** 9 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 12 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 9 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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My friend says Solomon asked God to make him the richest king ever. Is that right?

- **1.** No, he asked God for a much longer life than other kings — score 8
- **2.** Yes, and then he asked for an army — score 6
- **3.** Yes, he asked only for gold — score 6
- **4.** No, he asked for wisdom, and God added riches too — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 3: «David's son Solomon, offered anything by God, asked for wisdom to rule well instead of riches, and he showed it when two women both claimed one baby: the real…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «son» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho». What was Solomon really doing?

- **1.** Following an old law about babies that Moses had written — no support
- **2.** Testing which woman truly loved the baby — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Making a cruel joke at a feast — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** Punishing both women for lying — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 13: «Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem as a house for worshipping God, yet he prayed that even the heavens cannot contain God, much less a house.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «build» (+2); the same doer «solomon» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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A Hindu classmate asks: «if David did such bad things, why do Christians call him great?»

- **1.** Because he defeated Goliath, so nothing else counts — no support
- **2.** Because Christians think he never did anything wrong — no support
- **3.** Because he was the richest man alive — no support
- **4.** Because he admitted his wrong, repented and kept trusting God — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 13: «David refused King Saul's armour and took his sling and five smooth stones, trusting God.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «trust» (+2); the same thing acted on «god» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t4}

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you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it». Which story warns against this?

- **1.** David, who tried to hide his wrong until Nathan showed it to him — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** Ruth and Naomi — score 8
- **3.** Jonah and the plant — no support
- **4.** Solomon, who prayed for wisdom and built the great Temple in Jerusalem — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 9, line 2: «The prophet Nathan told David a story about a rich man who stole a poor man's only lamb; David was furious, and Nathan said, «You are the man»; David admitted…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «nathan» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today». Who is your mate like?

- **1.** Pharaoh, who would not listen to Moses — no support
- **2.** Saul, who was jealous of young David — no support
- **3.** Goliath, who mocked the whole army — no support
- **4.** Nathan, who told David the truth — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 5: «For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry is where change begins, a friend who tells you the truth is a gift, and wisdom has to be liv…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «tell» (+2); the same thing acted on «truth» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t6}

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«solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right». What is wrong with this?

- **1.** Nothing, Solomon never did wrong — no support
- **2.** Wisdom must be lived; Solomon later turned to other gods and was harsh — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 14
- **3.** Solomon was only wise as a child — no support
- **4.** Solomon was not wise at all — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 14, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 4: «Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem, but in later life he turned to other gods and taxed his people heavily, and after him the kingdom split in t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «turn» (+4); the same property (+4); the same circumstance (+4); the same doer «solomon» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t7}

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big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt». Better answer?

- **1.** After Solomon, harsh rule and pride split it into Israel and Judah — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12
- **2.** Egypt took half of it — no support
- **3.** Goliath's people divided it between their own kings after a great battle — no support
- **4.** Nathan split it between his sons — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 8 for the next best. Its support: lesson 9, line 15: «After Solomon the kingdom split into Israel in the north and Judah in the south.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «split» (+4); the same place «israel» (+4); the same circumstance (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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«i said sorry 5 times, so it's done, right?» What does Psalm 51 add?

- **1.** Saying it five times is enough — no support
- **2.** You should never say sorry — no support
- **3.** Sorry only counts in church — no support
- **4.** A real sorry asks for a changed, clean heart, not just words — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 20: «The word "coat of many colours" comes from old English Bibles; newer ones often say "richly ornamented robe".», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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A judge asks: «Why did Nathan use a story instead of shouting at the king?»

- **1.** Shouting was forbidden in the palace — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A story let David judge the wrong before seeing it was his own — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** David could not understand plain words, only stories and songs and riddles — no support
- **4.** Nathan liked to entertain the king — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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A judge follows up: «Do historians agree how big Solomon's kingdom was?»

- **1.** Yes, it was bigger than Rome — no support
- **2.** No, historians debate its size and wealth; it is disputed — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** No, because Solomon never had a kingdom in any account — no support
- **4.** Yes, it covered all of Africa — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 17: «Historians debate how large and rich the kingdoms of David and Solomon really were; this is disputed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «debate» (+4); the same doer «historians» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t11}

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A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's everywhere anyway?» A fair answer?

- **1.** A beautiful building honours God, though Christians agree God cannot be contained in it — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** Because God lives only inside churches — no support
- **3.** Because people cannot pray anywhere else — no support
- **4.** Because the Bible says all churches must be gold — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 13: «Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem as a house for worshipping God, yet he prayed that even the heavens cannot contain God, much less a house.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «contain» (+2); the same thing acted on «god» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted to King David the narrative of the poor man's lamb.

- **1.** To entertain the royal court at a festival — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** To announce the construction of the Temple — no support
- **3.** To request compensation for a stolen animal on behalf of a poor man — no support
- **4.** To cause the king to recognise and condemn his own wrongdoing — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the petition made by Solomon upon being offered a gift by God?

- **1.** He requested a reign of unlimited duration — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** He requested riches exceeding those of all kings before and after him — score 8
- **3.** He requested the death of his enemies — score 8
- **4.** He requested wisdom for the governance of his people — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 4, line 3: «In a hard story, God told Abraham to offer Isaac, then stopped him and provided a ram instead; many read it as showing that God does not want child sacrifice a…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «god» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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It is given that two women each asserted maternity of a single infant. Determine the means by which Solomon ascertained the true mother.

- **1.** He required each woman to swear a solemn oath before the priests of the Temple — no support
- **2.** He observed which claimant would relinquish the child to preserve its life — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** He consulted the records of the Temple — no support
- **4.** He awarded the child to the elder claimant — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 9, line 12: «Two women claimed one baby; Solomon ordered it cut in half, and the true mother gave it up to save its life.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «save» (+2); the same thing acted on «life» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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State the consequence for the kingdom which ensued subsequent to the reign of Solomon.

- **1.** Its expansion to the River Euphrates — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Its absorption, in its entirety, into the empire of Egypt under Pharaoh — no support
- **3.** Its division into Israel in the north and Judah in the south — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Its transfer to the house of Saul — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/e4/)

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- ← previous: [8. Ruth, and David and Goliath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/)
- next →: [10. Daniel, Jonah and the prophets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/)
- ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)