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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 pauses to take stock of what in literary terms makes the unified God of Genesis godlike and different.
(b) He writes his own creation story.
(c) He rebukes the Flood story.
(d) He reviews and critiques the Book of Genesis.

2. Who is the protagonist in the Tanakh?
(a) God.
(b) Noah.
(c) Job.
(d) Abraham.

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

4. What is understood and not concealed about God?
(a) His opinion of the Book of Esther.
(b) His influence on the Prophets.
(c) His relationship with Ruth.
(d) The set of inner contradictions in God.

5. What does the author believe God's story deserves?
(a) To be thrown in the trash.
(b) More than the selective preaching it receives.
(c) To be considered a work of fiction.
(d) To commemorate the Israelites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Hebrew Bible?

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

3. After the man and woman are punished, what perpetual punishments are hard and painful?

4. How and why does God create a female?

5. What is the unifying principle of the Tanakh?

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