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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 is the common mispronunciation of the name, Yahweh?
(a) Eloi.
(b) Jehovah.
(c) Wayhey.
(d) Yawheh.

2. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?
(a) prophets.
(b) tribunals.
(c) judges.
(d) kings.

3. 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 been left out of the text.
(c) they have simply been ignored.
(d) they have been cut and reduced to make one story.

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

5. 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 believed they were answering questions.
(c) they rejected the idea.
(d) they agreed with the new scholarship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have scholars discovered about many stories in the Bible?

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

3. What was clever about moving the capital from Judah to Jerusalem?

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

5. In what way was Yahweh different from the gods of the people around the Hebrews?

(see the answer key)

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