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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although his story, previously reserved to Jewish and Christian believers, is the bedrock of what civilization?
(a) Asian civilization.
(b) Eastern civilization.
(c) Mesopotamian civilization.
(d) Western civilization.

2. What is the purpose of Chapter One, the Prelude, "Can God's Life Be Written?"
(a) It examines God's law.
(b) It examines God's history throughout time.
(c) It establishes Jack Miles' religious beliefs.
(d) It establishes what Jack Miles intends to accomplish in this book.

3. What do both Jews and Christians concede without blasphemy?
(a) The Bible is full of fictional tales.
(b) The Bible may be appreciated as literature.
(c) All religions are equal and true.
(d) Both Judaism and Christianity are the true religions.

4. How and why does God create a female?
(a) From the male's rib, because the male is lonely.
(b) From the sky, because God does not like birds.
(c) From the male's brain, because he needs a smart companion.
(d) From the dust, because God is lonely.

5. Why is the God of Genesis frustrating?
(a) He is ferocious.
(b) He lacks the kind of past that allows people to get to know one another.
(c) He changes his mind frequently.
(d) He does not know what he is doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these references do?

2. For what acronym is "Tanakh?"

3. What is the order of the Jewish text?

4. By the time Exodus begins, what has happened to Abraham's descendants?

5. Believers adore God as the origin of what?

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