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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 J and E.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With all the people who have read and studied the Bible, what is one thing few of them know?
(a) how many pages are in it.
(b) where it was found.
(c) who wrote it.
(d) what languages was it written in.

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

3. Where does Friedman place Author E?
(a) in Egypt.
(b) in Babylon.
(c) in Israel.
(d) in Edom.

4. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?
(a) it makes God more human.
(b) it shows God as an abstract idea.
(c) it allows God to have regrets.
(d) it gives God a greater purpose for the flood.

5. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?
(a) each uses a different ancient language.
(b) each writes from a different time frame.
(c) each writes in different language, style, and interests.
(d) each uses personal references.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?

2. Why are tribal references important in discovering the different authors?

3. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?

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

5. What was the political structure for the Israelites?

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