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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 J and E.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the idea that there were four authors of the Pentateuch meet with resistance among Christians and Jews?
(a) the idea was suspected of trying to undermine the Bible.
(b) the idea was too much of a change from traditional thinking.
(c) the idea was too complicated to understand.
(d) the idea was thought to be the work of the Devil.

2. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?
(a) the Fourth Dimension.
(b) the Four Horsemen.
(c) the Quadra Hypothesis.
(d) the Documentary Hypothesis

3. How many chief priests did David appoint?
(a) one from the north and one from the south.
(b) one from the north.
(c) twelve for each of the tribes.
(d) three to have an unequal number.

4. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?
(a) Jerusalem represented a new beginning.
(b) Jerusalem was centrally located.
(c) Jerusalem was a thriving trade city.
(d) Jerusalem did not belong to any tribe.

5. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?
(a) what languages was it written in.
(b) where it was found.
(c) who wrote it.
(d) how many pages are in it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?

3. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?

4. Where does Friedman place Author E?

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

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