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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bible show without cover-up?
(a) Prophets whose stories compliment one another.
(b) The purity of the Israelites.
(c) God as anything but a saint.
(d) God as a saint.

2. 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 talk about himself or his motivation for the sudden action.
(d) He does not make all the animals.

3. How is God's interaction with Moses different from that with Abraham?
(a) He refrains from intervening in Abraham's war but will use his might to assist Moses againt Pharaoh.
(b) He less involved in Moses' life than Abraham's.
(c) He is more of a father figure to Moses.
(d) He is kinder to Moses than Abraham.

4. Who and what does this book reference?
(a) Cervantes, Joan of Arc, the Arc of the Convenant, and art.
(b) Neil Simon, Oscar Wilde, Louisa May Alcott, Buddhism, and art.
(c) Cervantes, Neil Simon, Oscar Wilde, the Qu'ran, and music.
(d) Peter Voulkos, Jon Balestreri, the Sacred Scrolls, and music.

5. What is the problem with enforcing morality in either polytheism or monotheism?
(a) The humans do not listen to their gods.
(b) The gods do not care if their followers are moral.
(c) In neither system has it proven guaranteed.
(d) Neither has a moral code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Chapter One, the Prelude, "Can God's Life Be Written?"

2. Who is the protagonist in the Tanakh?

3. Why is the God of Genesis frustrating?

4. What does David do before the ark?

5. The Hebrew Bible shows no beginning or end to God, but what does the middle life show?

(see the answer key)

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