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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. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) the original copies of the Torah.
(b) a lampstand with seven candles.
(c) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
(d) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.

2. What is significant in the Ten Commandments story Author E writes?
(a) Moses defers to Aaron's advice.
(b) Aaron plays a significant role.
(c) Moses is never mentioned.
(d) Aaron is the one who gets the stone tablets.

3. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?
(a) that Moses wrote them.
(b) that Isaiah wrote them.
(c) that Adam wrote them.
(d) that Noah wrote them.

4. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?
(a) three.
(b) two.
(c) four.
(d) nine.

5. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?
(a) the Quadra Hypothesis.
(b) the Documentary Hypothesis
(c) the Four Horsemen.
(d) the Fourth Dimension.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?

3. What covenant between God and man does Author J favor?

4. What does Friedman propose about Author J?

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

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