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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is God's story the key to understanding?
(a) Mesopotamian character by non-Mesopotamians and non-believers.
(b) Asian character by non-Easterners and non-believers.
(c) Western character by non-Westerners and non-believers.
(d) Eastern character by non-Easterners and non-believers.

2. Through the end of 2 Kings, God is never referred to as a king, instead, how does he speak of himself?
(a) As a son.
(b) As a judge.
(c) As a peacemaker.
(d) As a father.

3. What does Nathan's oracle suggest as the reason God adopts Solomon rather than David?
(a) God wants to steal Solomon from David.
(b) God prefers Solomon to David.
(c) God does not like David.
(d) God wants to comfort Solomon at his father's death.

4. What does God become when Pharaoh legislates that all Israelite boys be killed at birth?
(a) For the first time he becomes a warrior.
(b) For the first time he becomes a father.
(c) For the second time he becomes a father.
(d) For the second time he becomes a warrior.

5. What are the three aspects of divine self-discovery?
(a) The "liberator," "friend of the family," and "lawgiver" identities.
(b) The "god," "leader," and "interpreter" identities.
(c) The "father," "lover," and "friend" identities.
(d) The "feared," "ferocious," and "fury" identities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author use the Jewish canon, or Tanakh, for study?

2. To what does the author compare the Biblical writers?

3. The creation story resembles what creation myths?

4. Who and what does this book reference?

5. How is the Bible unique?

(see the answer key)

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