1. What can one gain from examining the Bible as a literary biography of God?
(a) Once can learn the truths of the Bible and convert.
(b) Understanding of how perfect God is.
(c) One can become closer to God and his infinite wisdom and strength.
(d) Insight into the Western ideal of character without having to subscribe to the religious trappings of Judaism or Christianity.

2. What is a "theography?"
(a) A study comparing theology to biographies.
(b) A study of Theo the Great.
(c) A study independent of both theology and biography.
(d) A study of theologian biographies.

3. When did God appear more wild and thunderous than any time before?
(a) On Mt. Sinai.
(b) In the whirlwind.
(c) In Jerusalem.
(d) In Egypt.

4. To what literary character does the author compare God?
(a) Juliette.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) Jo March.
(d) Caesar.

5. What is the name of the Hebrew Bible?
(a) The Toutenkamun.
(b) The Torrey.
(c) The Tanakh.
(d) The Taliya.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare a man who has thrown out his whoring wife, then, after she is gone, realizes he loves her no matter the mistakes she has made?

2. The creation story resembles what creation myths?

3. What is different about these two texts?

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

5. What part of God is impulsive?

(see the answer key)

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