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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 The World That Produced the Bible: 1200-722 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?
(a) they thought it explained a lot about scripture.
(b) they agreed with the new scholarship.
(c) they believed they were answering questions.
(d) they rejected the idea.

2. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?
(a) to get more people to read the Bible.
(b) to re-write the Bible.
(c) to disprove the Bible.
(d) to evaluate the Bible.

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

4. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?
(a) by selecting their daughters for his sons.
(b) by selecting generals from each area.
(c) by reducing their taxes.
(d) by marrying women from those areas.

5. What did Solomon build that was larger than the Temple?
(a) a university.
(b) his palace.
(c) a barracks for his army.
(d) a gold depository.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?

2. Who became prophets?

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

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

5. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

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