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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 is a central part of the Jewish and Christian religions?
(a) that God never speaks to humankind.
(b) that God gives advice to humankind.
(c) that God takes tribute from humankind.
(d) that God makes covenants with humankind.

2. Why does Cross propose that Deuteronomy was written during the reign of King Josiah?
(a) at that time writers had more time to write.
(b) at that time things were looking rosy for the kingdom.
(c) at that time there was a need for more information.
(d) at that time scholarship was prevelent in the kingdom.

3. What writer became known as Author D?
(a) the author of Deuteronomy.
(b) the third autor of the Pentateuch.
(c) the writer who penned the book of Daniel.
(d) the chronicler of David.

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

5. What was the political structure for the Israelites?
(a) they were anarchists.
(b) they lived under a king.
(c) they consisted of twelve tribes.
(d) they had a tribunal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Davidic covenant after the invasion of the Babylonians?

2. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?

3. Primarily, what is Deuteronomy mostly about?

4. What does the revision to Deuteronomy explain?

5. What do Henning Bernhard Witter, Jean Astruc, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn have in common?

(see the answer key)

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