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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unimportant in Genesis 1, but becomes a matter of shame in Genesis 2?
(a) The apple.
(b) The couple's nakedness.
(c) The snake in the garden.
(d) The man and woman being different.

2. Why do the Jew leave the text where it is?
(a) God asks to have the order kept in its original form.
(b) They adopt the codex as a way of preserving the contents of their ancient scrolls.
(c) For dramatic effect.
(d) It is the true order and should not be changed.

3. To what literary character does the author compare God?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Juliette.
(c) Jo March.
(d) Don Quixote.

4. God commissions a reluctant Moses to return to lead his people out of Egypt. How does God reply when Moses asks his name?
(a) I AM WHO I AM.
(b) I AM YOUR GOD.
(c) I HAVE NO NAME.
(d) I AM YAHWEH.

5. What does the author believe God's story deserves?
(a) To commemorate the Israelites.
(b) To be thrown in the trash.
(c) More than the selective preaching it receives.
(d) To be considered a work of fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. The creation story resembles what creation myths?

2. What does God not do as he is creating the world and animals?

3. What do the Biblical writers do?

4. What tribe is the only one to survive the exile as an intact entity?

5. What has the Tanakh always been?

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