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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?
(a) For the first time he becomes a warrior.
(b) For the second time he becomes a warrior.
(c) For the second time he becomes a father.
(d) For the first time he becomes a father.

2. What does humanity reflect?
(a) The sins and transgressions of those who have passed away.
(b) The beliefs of our ancestors.
(c) The free will the creator bestowed upon humanity.
(d) The multiplicity and unity of its creator.

3. Before moving on to the Book of Exodus, what does Miles do?
(a) He rebukes the Flood story.
(b) He reviews and critiques the Book of Genesis.
(c) He writes his own creation story.
(d) He pauses to take stock of what in literary terms makes the unified God of Genesis godlike and different.

4. On what is Western civilization built?
(a) That all men are created equal.
(b) That Americans are the best.
(c) That one race is superior above all others.
(d) The belief that God created humankind in His own image.

5. How and why does God create a female?
(a) From the dust, because God is lonely.
(b) From the sky, because God does not like birds.
(c) From the male's rib, because the male is lonely.
(d) From the male's brain, because he needs a smart companion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unimportant in Genesis 1, but becomes a matter of shame in Genesis 2?

3. What is a "theography?"

4. What does God do when displeased by some human action or inaction?

5. Who and what does this book reference?

(see the answer key)

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