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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does humanity reflect?
(a) The multiplicity and unity of its creator.
(b) The sins and transgressions of those who have passed away.
(c) The beliefs of our ancestors.
(d) The free will the creator bestowed upon humanity.

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

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

4. What god is He compared to after his transformation?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Mab.
(c) Bathseba.
(d) Baal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book and chapters of the Tanakh relate a distinct second account of creation?

2. What is the Tanakh's one God's two strikingly distinct personalities?

3. The creation story resembles what creation myths?

4. What is the unifying principle of the Tanakh?

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

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