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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pauses to take stock of what in literary terms makes the unified God of Genesis godlike and different.
(d) He writes his own creation story.

2. Who and what does this book reference?
(a) Cervantes, Joan of Arc, the Arc of the Convenant, and art.
(b) Peter Voulkos, Jon Balestreri, the Sacred Scrolls, and music.
(c) Neil Simon, Oscar Wilde, Louisa May Alcott, Buddhism, and art.
(d) Cervantes, Neil Simon, Oscar Wilde, the Qu'ran, and music.

3. What do these references do?
(a) They make the book more confusing for those who do not know the sources.
(b) They do not add to the biography of God.
(c) They encourage readers to learn more about what is referenced.
(d) They enrich the experience for those who grasp comparison, but do not demand look-up for those who do not.

4. To what literary character does the author compare God?
(a) Juliette.
(b) Jo March.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Caesar.

5. 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 is peaceful at all times.
(c) He has a wife.
(d) He creates a human that is also part god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God not do as he is creating the world and animals?

2. How does God create a male?

3. What does the author believe God's story deserves?

4. Why does the author use the Jewish canon, or Tanakh, for study?

5. Why does God make the world?

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