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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 observation did Thomas Hobbes make about certain language in the Bible.
(a) phrases like "to this day" are used to talk about the past.
(b) phrases like "to this day" could only come from God.
(c) the language is unquestionably uniform.
(d) the language indicates little change in usage.

2. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?
(a) the best one has been selected to include.
(b) they have simply been ignored.
(c) they have been cut and reduced to make one story.
(d) they have been left out of the text.

3. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?
(a) Moses personally knew them all.
(b) it includes people who lived long after Moses.
(c) the list is inaccurate.
(d) there were no kings during the time of Moses.

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

5. What are the tribes of Israel conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.?
(a) the northern tribes.
(b) the ten lost tribes of Israel.
(c) the last of the Israelis.
(d) the remnants of Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Solomon build that was larger than the Temple?

2. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

3. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?

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

5. What were the cherubs inside the Holy of Holies?

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