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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 J and E.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was different after David died and his son became King?
(a) Solomon held elections among the tribes.
(b) Solomon moved the capital to Beersheba.
(c) Solomon became a greater conqueror.
(d) Solomon was peaceful, not going to war like David.

2. What are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?
(a) the Torah.
(b) the Ten Commandments.
(c) the Prophets.
(d) the Pentateuch.

3. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?
(a) Jerusalem represented a new beginning.
(b) Jerusalem was a thriving trade city.
(c) Jerusalem did not belong to any tribe.
(d) Jerusalem was centrally located.

4. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?
(a) they have been left out of the text.
(b) they have simply been ignored.
(c) they have been cut and reduced to make one story.
(d) the best one has been selected to include.

5. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.
(b) a lampstand with seven candles.
(c) the original copies of the Torah.
(d) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?

2. What scandal occurred in David's household that ended in a murder?

3. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?

4. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

5. What was the political structure for the Israelites?

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