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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - 11 The Sacred Tent, P.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supernatural tales are left out by Author P?
(a) tales of miracles done in Egypt.
(b) tales of dreams, talking animals and angels.
(c) tales of God talking directly to Moses.
(d) tales of Aaron's golden calf.

2. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?
(a) Deuteronomy.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Leviticus.

3. What is Author P's interpretation of God?
(a) a mysterious and capricious God.
(b) a dispassionate and just deity.
(c) a diety modelled after the pagan gods.
(d) a gracious and merciful God.

4. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
(a) Mt. Zion.
(b) Mt. Olives.
(c) Mt. Sinai.
(d) Mt. Horeb.

5. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J questions the use of the northern images.
(b) J writes that there are no images.
(c) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.
(d) J condemns molten images only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conquered the Babylonians in 538 B.C.?

2. What does Friedman suggest is the only good news about the exile?

3. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

4. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?

5. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

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