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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Bible unique?
(a) It has been translated into hundreds of languages.
(b) It is read by people from many cultures.
(c) It is a translated classic, read by only a tiny minority in the original language.
(d) It is the most important book that is in existence.

2. What is the unifying principle of the Tanakh?
(a) God's war with himself.
(b) God' love for himself.
(c) God's love of humankind.
(d) God's fight with the devil.

3. At what might critics scoff?
(a) The idea of studying the Bible.
(b) The idea of understanding humans in spiritual terms.
(c) The idea of understanding God in human terms.
(d) The idea of studying God in all his glory.

4. What can one gain from examining the Bible as a literary biography of God?
(a) Understanding of how perfect God is.
(b) Once can learn the truths of the Bible and convert.
(c) Insight into the Western ideal of character without having to subscribe to the religious trappings of Judaism or Christianity.
(d) One can become closer to God and his infinite wisdom and strength.

5. Believers adore God as the origin of what?
(a) All animals.
(b) All virtue.
(c) The cosmos.
(d) The human species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about these two texts?

2. For what acronym is "Tanakh?"

3. What has the Tanakh always been?

4. What does God not do as he is creating the world and animals?

5. What does humanity reflect?

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