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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 reviews and critiques the Book of Genesis.
(b) He rebukes the Flood story.
(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.

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

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

4. At what might critics scoff?
(a) The idea of studying the Bible.
(b) The idea of understanding God in human terms.
(c) The idea of studying God in all his glory.
(d) The idea of understanding humans in spiritual terms.

5. Believers adore God as the origin of what?
(a) All virtue.
(b) The human species.
(c) The cosmos.
(d) All animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one gain from examining the Bible as a literary biography of God?

2. By the time Exodus begins, what has happened to Abraham's descendants?

3. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?

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

5. Why does God make the world?

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