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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?
(a) For the first time he becomes a father.
(b) For the first time he becomes a warrior.
(c) For the second time he becomes a warrior.
(d) For the second time he becomes a father.

2. What is the order of the Christian text?
(a) Speech to action to silence.
(b) Silence to speech to action.
(c) Action to speech to silence.
(d) Action to silence to speech.

3. In the books of Kings what traits come to the fore?
(a) El's traits.
(b) Baal's traits.
(c) Sab's traits.
(d) Yah's traits.

4. How does God tell Moses to clear Canaan of its natives?
(a) Keep the women and children and kill the men.
(b) Genocidal ethnic cleansing.
(c) Marry them and force them to follow the God of Israel.
(d) Run them out of town.

5. At what might critics scoff?
(a) The idea of studying God in all his glory.
(b) The idea of understanding humans in spiritual terms.
(c) The idea of understanding God in human terms.
(d) The idea of studying the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What messages frequently contradict one another?

2. How is God's interaction with Moses different from that with Abraham?

3. Why do the Jew leave the text where it is?

4. How will prophecy be examined in this book?

5. What element remains dominant in God through the end of 2 Samuel?

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