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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 father.
(b) For the first time he becomes a warrior.
(c) For the second time he becomes a warrior.
(d) For the second time he becomes a father.

2. By the time Exodus begins, what has happened to Abraham's descendants?
(a) They have moved to Europe.
(b) They have become innumerable, to the point they are a threat to Egypt.
(c) They are almost extinct.
(d) They are at war with one another.

3. What does God not do as he is creating the world and animals?
(a) He does not feel confident in his creations.
(b) He does not create light.
(c) He does not make all the animals.
(d) He does not talk about himself or his motivation for the sudden action.

4. What do both Jews and Christians concede without blasphemy?
(a) The Bible may be appreciated as literature.
(b) The Bible is full of fictional tales.
(c) Both Judaism and Christianity are the true religions.
(d) All religions are equal and true.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Bible unique?

2. What is the unifying principle of the Tanakh?

3. To what literary character does the author compare God?

4. What does the keynote, "The Image and the Original" provide?

5. Although many Westerners have lost belief in God, what continues to set them apart from other cultures?

(see the answer key)

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