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

2. Why is the authorship of the Bible a comparatively recent field of study?
(a) for centuries no one really read the Bible.
(b) for centuries people never read the Bible.
(c) for centuries the authorship was a guarded secret.
(d) for centuries the clergy accepted the pat answers.

3. What are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?
(a) the Torah.
(b) the Ten Commandments.
(c) the Prophets.
(d) the Pentateuch.

4. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?
(a) J in the 9th Century B.C., and E in the 10th Century.
(b) J from 1200 and 900 B.C., and E from 825 to 721 B.C.
(c) J circa 780 to 722 B.C., and E circa 800 to 734 B.C.
(d) J from 848 and 722 B.C., and E from 922 to 722 B.C.

5. How long has the Bible been in existence?
(a) five hundred years.
(b) two thousand years.
(c) a millenium.
(d) thousands of years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.

3. To what does Author E give more preeminence in his writing?

4. What information comes from knowing who wrote the Bible and when it was written?

5. How does Friedman build the case that Author E favored Israel and was, in fact, from Israel, probably the city of Shiloh?

(see the answer key)

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