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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Two Kingdoms, Two Writers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proposed three historical stages for the development of Israel?
(a) Friedman.
(b) Savanerola.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Julius Wellhausen.

2. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?
(a) to disprove the Bible.
(b) to evaluate the Bible.
(c) to get more people to read the Bible.
(d) to re-write the Bible.

3. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?
(a) that Noah wrote them.
(b) that Adam wrote them.
(c) that Moses wrote them.
(d) that Isaiah wrote them.

4. To what does Author E give more preeminence in his writing?
(a) the statue of the bronze serpent.
(b) the rod of Aaron.
(c) the Feast of the Passover.
(d) the Tabernacle, or the Tent of Meeting.

5. What were the cherubs inside the Holy of Holies?
(a) statues of golden calves with wings.
(b) two statues of a four-legged animals with wings and the heads of humans.
(c) statues of baby angels carrying bows and arrows.
(d) abstract statues of angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Friedman's conclusion regarding Author E?

2. What was different after David died and his son became King?

3. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?

4. How does Friedman build the case that Author E favored Israel and was, in fact, from Israel, probably the city of Shiloh?

5. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?

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