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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The World That Produced the Bible: 722-587 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the last judge before Saul became King of Israel?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Ethan.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Joshua.

2. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?
(a) J thinks it is less important than E does.
(b) E writes that it was destroyed in a fire.
(c) J writes extensively about it but E never mentions it.
(d) E praises it because it is in Shechem.

3. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?
(a) it is a lie.
(b) it shows that Moses wrote the first five books.
(c) it is not something he would call himself.
(d) it is a strange thing to say about Moses.

4. After the fall of Israel in 722 B.C., what remains of the Jewish nation?
(a) a community in exile.
(b) a weakened Judah.
(c) a ragtag group of remnants.
(d) a group by the waters of Babylon.

5. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?
(a) it shows God as an abstract idea.
(b) it allows God to have regrets.
(c) it makes God more human.
(d) it gives God a greater purpose for the flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a characteristic of Author J's writings?

2. What were the cherubs inside the Holy of Holies?

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

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

5. Why did the idea that there were four authors of the Pentateuch meet with resistance among Christians and Jews?

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