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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happened to the snake sculpture that Moses had built in the wilderness?
(a) Hezekiah destroyed it.
(b) it was brought to the Temple.
(c) copies were made for all areas of the kingdom.
(d) it was taken by the Assyrians.
2. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?
(a) to disprove the Bible.
(b) to re-write the Bible.
(c) to evaluate the Bible.
(d) to get more people to read the Bible.
3. During the time of Judah before Babylon, who initiates religious reforms?
(a) King Hezekiah.
(b) King Rehoboam.
(c) King David.
(d) King Saul.
4. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?
(a) it is not something he would call himself.
(b) it is a strange thing to say about Moses.
(c) it shows that Moses wrote the first five books.
(d) it is a lie.
5. Where and when does Friedman place the writing of Deuteronomy?
(a) in Jerusalem around 622 B.C.
(b) in Babylon around 550 B.C.
(c) in Egypt around 722 B.C.
(d) in Shechem around 587 B.C.
6. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J writes that there are no images.
(b) J questions the use of the northern images.
(c) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.
(d) J condemns molten images only.
7. Why can J and E not be separated on the basis of style alone?
(a) there are too many similarities in their styles.
(b) the books are not long enough to make that call.
(c) there is not enough evidence of stylistic differences.
(d) there really are no stylistic differences.
8. Who was the last judge before Saul became King of Israel?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Ethan.
9. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?
(a) that the tribe of Levi was left out of the slavery.
(b) that only the tribe of Levi may have been enslaved.
(c) that they were not enslaved so much as over taxed.
(d) that Moses did not really lead them out of Egypt.
10. What symbol in Exodus parallels a similar object in the northern kingdom?
(a) golden calves.
(b) winged angels.
(c) wooden arks.
(d) broken stones.
11. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?
(a) J circa 780 to 722 B.C., and E circa 800 to 734 B.C.
(b) J from 1200 and 900 B.C., and E from 825 to 721 B.C.
(c) J in the 9th Century B.C., and E in the 10th Century.
(d) J from 848 and 722 B.C., and E from 922 to 722 B.C.
12. What observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.
(a) phrases like "to this day" could only come from God.
(b) the language is unquestionably uniform.
(c) the language indicates little change in usage.
(d) phrases like "to this day" are used to talk about the past.
13. What does the weakened King of Judah order concerning religion?
(a) he requires the priests to honor these foreign gods.
(b) he requires the foreign gods to be removed.
(c) he requires religious ceremonies be done in secret.
(d) he requires the priests to pray.
14. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?
(a) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(b) Author E lived many centuries before Author J.
(c) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.
(d) Author J was an enemy of author E.
15. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?
(a) it makes God more human.
(b) it allows God to have regrets.
(c) it shows God as an abstract idea.
(d) it gives God a greater purpose for the flood.
Short Answer Questions
1. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?
2. What innovation does the reformist King introduce?
3. In what way was Yahweh different from the gods of the people around the Hebrews?
4. How does Friedman build the case that Author E favored Israel and was, in fact, from Israel, probably the city of Shiloh?
5. Where does Friedman place Author E?
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