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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 A Priest in Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does De Witte say about the idea that Deuteronomy had been written specifically to support Josiah's reformation.
(a) a clever ruse.
(b) blatantly not true.
(c) a known fact.
(d) a pious fraud.

2. What did Solomon build that was larger than the Temple?
(a) his palace.
(b) a gold depository.
(c) a barracks for his army.
(d) a university.

3. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?
(a) the might of the Philistines.
(b) the rule of law.
(c) the proplem of tribal disunity.
(d) the need to be like the Egyptians.

4. How many chief priests did David appoint?
(a) twelve for each of the tribes.
(b) one from the north.
(c) one from the north and one from the south.
(d) three to have an unequal number.

5. Oddly enough, where do the Judeans flee when under attack by Assyria and Babylonia?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Egypt.
(c) the wilderness.
(d) Midian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is seen in the Author J story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?

2. Why did Frank Moore Cross, a biblical scholar at Harvard University, argue against looking for an author of Deuteronomy after 587 B.C.?

3. Where does Author J place Abraham in the story of genesis?

4. Why did the idea that there were four authors of the Pentateuch meet with resistance among Christians and Jews?

5. How is Baruch mentioned in the book of Jeremiah?

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