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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Isaiah God is holy because of what, rather than power?
(a) He is all-knowing.
(b) He is other than man and unknowable.
(c) He has holy water.
(d) He is loving.

2. How is God's interaction with Moses different from that with Abraham?
(a) He less involved in Moses' life than Abraham's.
(b) He is kinder to Moses than Abraham.
(c) He is more of a father figure to Moses.
(d) He refrains from intervening in Abraham's war but will use his might to assist Moses againt Pharaoh.

3. The Hebrew Bible shows no beginning or end to God, but what does the middle life show?
(a) A progression from vigor to quiescence.
(b) A progression from silence to violence.
(c) A progression from happiness to sadness.
(d) A progression from action to reaction.

4. How does God come to understand that he wants to limit and channel the gift of procreation?
(a) Through man.
(b) Through his thoughts.
(c) After creating the earth.
(d) After Adam takes a bite from the apple.

5. How do critics and scholars differ?
(a) What colleges they attend.
(b) Their beliefs about what is literature.
(c) How to approach literary characters.
(d) How they study poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does God show his power to Egypt?

2. What are the traits that come to the fore?

3. What is the order of the Jewish text?

4. When did God appear more wild and thunderous than any time before?

5. What is the plot of the Tanakh?

(see the answer key)

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