2. In what Book is God never mentioned, and the Jews' religion is not even a secondary feature of their identity?
(a) Esther.
(b) Numbers.
(c) 2 Kings.
(d) Exodus.

3. What book of the Bible has long been a favorite in literary circles?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Job.
(c) John.
(d) Mark.

4. Which statement is true based on the traditional interpretation of the Book of Job?
(a) Job is a sinner but is constantly in denial.
(b) Job understands why he must repent.
(c) Job consistently trusts that God will vindicate him.
(d) Job knows God will not save him.

5. After the Babylonians are defeated by the Persians, what do the Judeans begin to be called?
(a) Persians.
(b) Israelites.
(c) Judes.
(d) Jews.

6. What does Psalm 2 do nothing short but envision?
(a) A war zone.
(b) An apocalypse.
(c) A world empire led by God's anointed king/messiah.
(d) A peaceful world.

7. What is inherently unstable in God?
(a) God's wrath.
(b) Fusion of personalities.
(c) His love for humankind.
(d) His creation.

8. What else does the God of Heaven want to be?
(a) The Father of man.
(b) The Wife of Israel.
(c) The God of the Sea.
(d) The God of Earth.

9. Of what is "the earth shall be full of knowledge of the Lord/as the waters cover the sea" a description?
(a) The ocean at rest.
(b) Heaven on earth.
(c) God's kingom in Genesis 1.
(d) The peaceable kingdom in Isaiah 11.

10. For what does the polytheistic retelling make up?
(a) The Tanakh's lack of clarity and sense of relative inevitability.
(b) The belief that God is one-sided and superficial.
(c) The lack of depth found in God's character.
(d) The negativity towards monotheism.

11. Why does Elizabethan society read the Bible more than it did the Greeks' writing?
(a) They are drawn to the way the Bible is written.
(b) It is in English, so they can better understand it than other literature.
(c) It descends from a medieval society for whom the Bible is its only literature.
(d) Queen Elizabeth forbids all literature other than the Bible.

12. What happens to most of the men in the Book of Ruth?
(a) They die.
(b) They are weak.
(c) They abuse women.
(d) They are in power.

13. What is significant about the whirlwind speech?
(a) It is the first time he calls himself Father.
(b) It is the last time God speaks in the Tanakh.
(c) It is his most angry speech.
(d) It is the first time he apologizes for his punishments.

14. What is there a sense of in Psalms?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Israel is tired of their God and wanting a savior.
(c) A growing sense that Israel is bravely and patiently waiting for God to resume his leading role.
(d) Distrust and sadness among the Israelites.

15. What is another word for solitude?
(a) Sad.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Peace.
(d) Omnipresence.