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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was David anointed King?
(a) during the summer Solstice.
(b) after all the people voted for a new King.
(c) after Saul's death.
(d) while Saul was still alive.

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

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

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

5. What is a central part of the Jewish and Christian religions?
(a) that God makes covenants with humankind.
(b) that God gives advice to humankind.
(c) that God never speaks to humankind.
(d) that God takes tribute from humankind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What innovation does the reformist King introduce?

3. How has science corroborated the fall of Lachish?

4. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?

5. When did a second writer add brief stories about the kings who followed Josiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hezekiah's son and grandson alter the reforms he had made?

2. Discuss the period of time when the written compilation of the Bible as we have it today began.

3. Before the kings of Israel, who were the hierarchy among the Israelis?

4. What method does Friedman use to determine the identity of Author E?

5. What is one reason the Bible is one of the most published books in the world?

6. Discuss the evidence that the book of Deuteronomy was written to support the reforms of King Josiah.

7. Discuss the pendulum swing of Jewish religion after King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson, came to power.

8. What conclusion did Friedman wish to build a stronger case for?

9. Why was another author identified as the writer of Deuteronomy?

10. What does the phrase "to this day" suggest in the book of Deuteronomy?

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