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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The World That Produced the Bible: 722-587 B.C..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this two author evidence provide?
(a) that the books were written long after Moses.
(b) that Moses must have been the sole writer.
(c) that there are doubts about the authenticity of the Bible.
(d) that the books were put together objectively.

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

3. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?
(a) three.
(b) four.
(c) nine.
(d) two.

4. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?
(a) that Noah wrote them.
(b) that Moses wrote them.
(c) that Adam wrote them.
(d) that Isaiah wrote them.

5. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?
(a) the Dead Sea.
(b) the Mediterranean Sea.
(c) the Sea of Galilee.
(d) the Red Sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one reason that the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was unsuccessful?

3. What was the political structure for the Israelites?

4. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?

5. After the fall of Israel in 722 B.C., what remains of the Jewish nation?

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