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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is different about these two texts?
(a) They are from two different cultures.
(b) They have different subject matter.
(c) They have varying beliefs.
(d) They are in different orders.

5. What does God do as he creates the world and populates it with animals in five days?
(a) He talks to the angels.
(b) He talks to himself.
(c) He decides what animals to create.
(d) He ponders what to make.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does God show his power to Egypt?

2. What does Nathan's oracle suggest as the reason God adopts Solomon rather than David?

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

4. What does David do before the ark?

5. How is David indicted under Deuteronomic Law?

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