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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 happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?
(a) the books became required reading for clergy.
(b) the books were banned or burned.
(c) the books were placed in all libraries.
(d) the books became best sellers.

2. 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 remnants of Israel.
(d) the last of the Israelis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?

2. Who was the last judge before Saul became King of Israel?

3. What scandal occurred in David's household that ended in a murder?

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

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

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