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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book and chapters of the Tanakh relate a distinct second account of creation?
(a) Exodus 4-12
(b) Exodus 12-15
(c) Genesis 2:4-23.
(d) Genesis 3-6

2. Although his story, previously reserved to Jewish and Christian believers, is the bedrock of what civilization?
(a) Mesopotamian civilization.
(b) Western civilization.
(c) Asian civilization.
(d) Eastern civilization.

3. How does God identify himself to Moses?
(a) As a whirlwind.
(b) As the God of Man.
(c) As the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
(d) As a burning bush.

4. What does war do to God?
(a) It makes him sad.
(b) It makes him evil.
(c) It makes him a better father.
(d) It permanently transforms him.

5. What can one gain from examining the Bible as a literary biography of God?
(a) One can become closer to God and his infinite wisdom and strength.
(b) Insight into the Western ideal of character without having to subscribe to the religious trappings of Judaism or Christianity.
(c) Once can learn the truths of the Bible and convert.
(d) Understanding of how perfect God is.

6. How does God seem to be taking up ethical matters?
(a) In a zero-tolerance policy.
(b) He does not care about ethics.
(c) On a case-by-case basis.
(d) He has a strategic plan for dealing with ethical manners.

7. What does the keynote, "The Image and the Original" provide?
(a) A look into one side of God.
(b) A critique of all the mistakes made by God.
(c) A study of God as a simple and pure character.
(d) The rationale for a study of God as a complex literary character.

8. How does God create a male?
(a) From a rib.
(b) From dust.
(c) From the sea.
(d) From the sky.

9. Why did the horrible destruction threatened in Deuteronomy 28 have to take place?
(a) The Israelites deserved it.
(b) God could not stop the destruction.
(c) God falsely accused the Israelites of breaking his rules but still wanted to get revenge.
(d) God did not want to make a fool of himself by endlessly granting Israel stays.

10. In the books of Kings what traits come to the fore?
(a) Baal's traits.
(b) Sab's traits.
(c) Yah's traits.
(d) El's traits.

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

12. Why are the virgin daughters of one Israelite town that does not answer the call to massacre the Benjaminites allowed to be raped by the survivors?
(a) They want to show their power.
(b) To punish them for disobeying.
(c) In order to preserve the tribe's existence among the twelve.
(d) To get revenge on the Benjaminites.

13. At what might critics scoff?
(a) The idea of studying the Bible.
(b) The idea of understanding God in human terms.
(c) The idea of understanding humans in spiritual terms.
(d) The idea of studying God in all his glory.

14. With what is God satisfied regarding various nations?
(a) With manipulating nations like chess pieces.
(b) Ignoring them.
(c) Destroying them.
(d) Assimilating them into the Israelite culture.

15. 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 YOUR GOD.
(b) I HAVE NO NAME.
(c) I AM YAHWEH.
(d) I AM WHO I AM.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Hebrew God different from those of Greek mythology?

2. On what is Western civilization built?

3. What god is He compared to after his transformation?

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

5. Who is the protagonist in the Tanakh?

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