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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Hebrew God different from those of Greek mythology?
(a) He takes no action without thinking of man, has no "adventures," and has no divine companions.
(b) He creates a human that is also part god.
(c) He has a wife.
(d) He is peaceful at all times.

2. What happens to God's plan of establishing a nation peacefully obedient to the detailed moral code he promulgated?
(a) It succeeds.
(b) It is not as successful as God had planned.
(c) It fails.
(d) It succeeds somewhat.

3. In the books of Kings what traits come to the fore?
(a) Baal's traits.
(b) Sab's traits.
(c) Yah's traits.
(d) El's traits.

4. What has the Tanakh always been?
(a) The change of God from monotheism to polytheism.
(b) A guide to the godly life.
(c) The story of God's inner conflict being resolved into monotheism.
(d) The story of God's struggle to be polytheistic.

5. Why is the God of Genesis frustrating?
(a) He does not know what he is doing.
(b) He is ferocious.
(c) He changes his mind frequently.
(d) He lacks the kind of past that allows people to get to know one another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Bible's first apocalypse recorded?

2. How does God tell Moses to clear Canaan of its natives?

3. God commissions a reluctant Moses to return to lead his people out of Egypt. How does God reply when Moses asks his name?

4. Although God is supremely confident, what does he not seem to do?

5. What god is He compared to after his transformation?

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