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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. Where does Author J place Abraham in the story of genesis?
(a) in Shechem, the capital of Israel.
(b) in Hebron, the capital city of Judah under King David.
(c) in Jerusalem before it was called Jerusalem.
(d) in the city Peni-El, which King Jeroboam had built in Israel.

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

3. Why are tribal references important in discovering the different authors?
(a) they indicate great knowledge of Hebrew history.
(b) they read like the political divisions after King Solomon.
(c) they certify the two authors' reliability.
(d) they show which tribes each of the authors comes from.

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

5. What do Henning Bernhard Witter, Jean Astruc, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn have in common?
(a) they all disclaimed the two author idea.
(b) they all came from Germany.
(c) they were all burned at the stake for heresy.
(d) they concluded the two author idea about the same time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Friedman propose about Author J?

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

4. What were the cherubs inside the Holy of Holies?

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

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