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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does God show his power to Egypt?
(a) He appears in a burning bush to Pharaoh.
(b) He casts a spell on them.
(c) He strikes the Eygyptians with ligntening bolts.
(d) The bloody Passover ritual is performed, the Egyptians first-born sons die, and the Eyptians drown as they pursue the Israelites.

2. What element remains dominant in God through the end of 2 Samuel?
(a) The Elohim element.
(b) His love.
(c) The Baalist element.
(d) His fatherly qualities.

3. At the end of which character's spectacularly successful career does he deliver his final speech in Shechem, and Israel responds at a pitch of enthusiasm never again reached?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Joshua.

4. Why should God fall in love with David?
(a) David is sweet.
(b) Everyone else hates David.
(c) Everyone else does.
(d) David is handsome.

5. What do the Biblical writers do?
(a) They testify about God.
(b) They criticize God.
(c) They criticize the Israelites.
(d) They ramble on about stories from the past.

6. What is different about these two texts?
(a) They are in different orders.
(b) They are from two different cultures.
(c) They have varying beliefs.
(d) They have different subject matter.

7. Why do the Jew leave the text where it is?
(a) For dramatic effect.
(b) They adopt the codex as a way of preserving the contents of their ancient scrolls.
(c) It is the true order and should not be changed.
(d) God asks to have the order kept in its original form.

8. What Jewish and Christian texts cover the same material?
(a) The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
(b) The Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament.
(c) The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament.
(d) The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.

9. What do both Jews and Christians concede without blasphemy?
(a) Both Judaism and Christianity are the true religions.
(b) The Bible is full of fictional tales.
(c) The Bible may be appreciated as literature.
(d) All religions are equal and true.

10. To what have believers grown accustomed?
(a) God's Son, the Messiah.
(b) God's undying love and devotion to humankind.
(c) God's wrath towards those that disobey him.
(d) God 's inner anxiety in the way they are drawn to complex human beings more so than the boring "centered" ones.

11. On what promise does God make good?
(a) To use foreign nations as instruments to punish his erstwhile convenant partner.
(b) To protect his people.
(c) To destroy Israel a second time.
(d) To love his followers.

12. What is the name of the Hebrew Bible?
(a) The Torrey.
(b) The Tanakh.
(c) The Taliya.
(d) The Toutenkamun.

13. What does humanity reflect?
(a) The multiplicity and unity of its creator.
(b) The sins and transgressions of those who have passed away.
(c) The free will the creator bestowed upon humanity.
(d) The beliefs of our ancestors.

14. What do these references do?
(a) They encourage readers to learn more about what is referenced.
(b) They enrich the experience for those who grasp comparison, but do not demand look-up for those who do not.
(c) They do not add to the biography of God.
(d) They make the book more confusing for those who do not know the sources.

15. By the time Exodus begins, what has happened to Abraham's descendants?
(a) They are at war with one another.
(b) They have moved to Europe.
(c) They are almost extinct.
(d) They have become innumerable, to the point they are a threat to Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God give to himself as an out from the broken covenant?

2. What did God stop twice from doing?

3. What happens to God's plan of establishing a nation peacefully obedient to the detailed moral code he promulgated?

4. What are the traits that come to the fore?

5. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?

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