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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the time of Judah before Babylon, who initiates religious reforms?
(a) King Rehoboam.
(b) King Hezekiah.
(c) King David.
(d) King Saul.

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

3. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?
(a) by marrying women from those areas.
(b) by reducing their taxes.
(c) by selecting their daughters for his sons.
(d) by selecting generals from each area.

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

5. What does Friedman propose about Author J?
(a) that he came from Jerico.
(b) that he was not a Hebrew.
(c) that he was a Levite.
(d) that he lived in Judah.

6. Where and when does Friedman place the writing of Deuteronomy?
(a) in Egypt around 722 B.C.
(b) in Jerusalem around 622 B.C.
(c) in Babylon around 550 B.C.
(d) in Shechem around 587 B.C.

7. What King returned to the reforms of King Hezekiah?
(a) King Ahab, husband of Jezebel.
(b) King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson
(c) King Belshazzar, a Babylonian appointee.
(d) King Exra, the phrophet king.

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

9. What scandal occurred in David's household that ended in a murder?
(a) David's oldest son, Amnon, raped Tamar, his half-sister.
(b) David's brothers attempted to assassinate him.
(c) David's son, Absolum, took bribes from the tribes.
(d) David's wife had an affair with a priest.

10. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?
(a) they were a closed society.
(b) no one could write before 1200 B.C.
(c) only recently have scholars examined the literature.
(d) no records exist of that earlier time.

11. What is an important individual agreement between God and man?
(a) permanence for the throne of King David.
(b) perpetual manna from heaven.
(c) eternal protection for the Temple.
(d) safe haven for Jeremiah.

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

13. What covenant between God and man does Author J favor?
(a) the covenant between God and Moses.
(b) the earlier covenant between Abraham and God.
(c) the covenant between God and Jacob.
(d) the covenant between God and Joseph.

14. Oddly enough, where do the Judeans flee when under attack by Assyria and Babylonia?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) the wilderness.
(d) Midian.

15. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?
(a) J circa 780 to 722 B.C., and E circa 800 to 734 B.C.
(b) J from 848 and 722 B.C., and E from 922 to 722 B.C.
(c) J from 1200 and 900 B.C., and E from 825 to 721 B.C.
(d) J in the 9th Century B.C., and E in the 10th Century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant in the Ten Commandments story Author E writes?

2. What did Solomon build that was larger than the Temple?

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

4. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?

5. What are the books known as the Early Prophets?

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