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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - 11 The Sacred Tent, P.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it significant for some to trace their priestly ancestry back to Aaron?
(a) he was the first Jewish High Priest.
(b) he was given the Ten Commandments.
(c) he was more important than Moses.
(d) he was a goldsmith as well as a priest.

2. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?
(a) to cease offering blood sacrifices.
(b) thou shall not make idols.
(c) to worship in a central place.
(d) thou shall not bear false witness.

3. When was David anointed King?
(a) during the summer Solstice.
(b) after Saul's death.
(c) while Saul was still alive.
(d) after all the people voted for a new King.

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

5. What happened to the accounts of writers J, E, and P?
(a) they were preserved in separate books.
(b) they became stitched together into one Pentateuch.
(c) they were discounted in favor of Moses' writing.
(d) they were edited to remove any trace of bias.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an important Jewish city that fell to the Assyrians?

2. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?

3. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?

4. Where and when does Friedman place the writing of Deuteronomy?

5. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?

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