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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 A Brilliant Mistake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
(a) Mt. Zion.
(b) Mt. Olives.
(c) Mt. Horeb.
(d) Mt. Sinai.

2. When did Professor Eduard Reuss place Author P?
(a) during the time of the second Temple.
(b) during the time of King Josiah.
(c) during the time of the Tabernacle.
(d) during the time of the first Temple.

3. In their arguments, how do Graf and others who argue for Author P during the second Temple see the Tabernacle?
(a) as an unimportant artifact that was left in the desert.
(b) as a fabrication to preserve the blueprints of the Temple.
(c) as a device to link Moses with the second Temple.
(d) as a tradition that Moses perpetrated.

4. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?
(a) thou shall not bear false witness.
(b) to worship in a central place.
(c) to cease offering blood sacrifices.
(d) thou shall not make idols.

5. Why can J and E not be separated on the basis of style alone?
(a) there is not enough evidence of stylistic differences.
(b) the books are not long enough to make that call.
(c) there are too many similarities in their styles.
(d) there really are no stylistic differences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant in the Ten Commandments story Author E writes?

2. Why does Baruch Halpern eliminate the possibility that a king had written Deuteronomy?

3. What is an argument against the time of the second Temple for author P?

4. How does Friedman see Julius Wellhausen's summary of the second Temple theory for Author P?

5. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?

(see the answer key)

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