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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 loving.
(b) He is other than man and unknowable.
(c) He is all-knowing.
(d) He has holy water.

2. How does God identify himself to Moses?
(a) As the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
(b) As a whirlwind.
(c) As the God of Man.
(d) As a burning bush.

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

4. By the time Exodus begins, what has happened to Abraham's descendants?
(a) They are at war with one another.
(b) They have become innumerable, to the point they are a threat to Egypt.
(c) They are almost extinct.
(d) They have moved to Europe.

5. How does a fully-integrated Yahweh/Elohim God appear to Moses?
(a) In an apple.
(b) In a burning bush.
(c) In a whirlwind.
(d) In a cloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the order of the Christian text?

2. How does God come to understand that he wants to limit and channel the gift of procreation?

3. What is the order of the Jewish text?

4. What is the plot of the Tanakh?

5. What is the unifying principle of the Tanakh?

(see the answer key)

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