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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Two Kingdoms, Two Writers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.
(b) J writes that there are no images.
(c) J questions the use of the northern images.
(d) J condemns molten images only.

2. Where does Author J place Abraham in the story of genesis?
(a) in Jerusalem before it was called Jerusalem.
(b) in Hebron, the capital city of Judah under King David.
(c) in the city Peni-El, which King Jeroboam had built in Israel.
(d) in Shechem, the capital of Israel.

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

4. What scandal occurred in David's household that ended in a murder?
(a) David's son, Absolum, took bribes from the tribes.
(b) David's oldest son, Amnon, raped Tamar, his half-sister.
(c) David's brothers attempted to assassinate him.
(d) David's wife had an affair with a priest.

5. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?
(a) judges.
(b) kings.
(c) prophets.
(d) tribunals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Friedman's conclusion regarding Author E?

2. What is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?

3. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?

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

5. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?

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