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

2. Who became prophets?
(a) anyone called by Yahweh.
(b) only judges.
(c) only priests.
(d) anyone who called himself a prophet.

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

4. What does Friedman propose about Author J?
(a) that he was a Levite.
(b) that he was not a Hebrew.
(c) that he lived in Judah.
(d) that he came from Jerico.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?

2. What was the political structure for the Israelites?

3. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?

4. How long has the Bible been in existence?

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

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