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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the God of Genesis frustrating?
(a) He is ferocious.
(b) He does not know what he is doing.
(c) He changes his mind frequently.
(d) He lacks the kind of past that allows people to get to know one another.

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

3. What do the Biblical writers do?
(a) They testify about God.
(b) They criticize God.
(c) They ramble on about stories from the past.
(d) They criticize the Israelites.

4. Although God is supremely confident, what does he not seem to do?
(a) Plan ahead.
(b) Ask humankind for repentance.
(c) Change his opinion on how to deal with humankind.
(d) Ask humankind to praise him.

5. Why do the Christians move the prophets from the middle to the end?
(a) To make it less confusing for the reader.
(b) It is the true order.
(c) For dramatic effect.
(d) God asks to have the order changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The creation story resembles what creation myths?

2. What does humanity reflect?

3. What is the plot of the Tanakh?

4. How does God identify himself to Moses?

5. What does the Bible show without cover-up?

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