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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. How many chief priests did David appoint?
(a) three to have an unequal number.
(b) one from the north.
(c) one from the north and one from the south.
(d) twelve for each of the tribes.

2. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?
(a) the rule of law.
(b) the might of the Philistines.
(c) the proplem of tribal disunity.
(d) the need to be like the Egyptians.

3. 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) what languages was it written in.
(d) who wrote it.

4. Why do we know so little about the Hebrews prior to 1200 B.C.?
(a) they were a closed society.
(b) no records exist of that earlier time.
(c) no one could write before 1200 B.C.
(d) only recently have scholars examined the literature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?

2. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?

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

4. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?

5. Where does Author J place Abraham in the story of genesis?

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