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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 lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) a lampstand with seven candles.
(b) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
(c) the original copies of the Torah.
(d) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.

2. What is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?
(a) it is sinful status.
(b) it is objectionable status.
(c) it is hero status.
(d) it is insignificant status.

3. Oddly enough, where do the Judeans flee when under attack by Assyria and Babylonia?
(a) Midian.
(b) the wilderness.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Egypt.

4. 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.

5. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?
(a) J writes that there are no images.
(b) J questions the use of the northern images.
(c) J condemns molten images only.
(d) J says that Yahweh made the southern images.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy commonly called by Christians?

2. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?

3. What was the political structure for the Israelites?

4. What is significant in the Ten Commandments story Author E writes?

5. Why was the pressure to unite under a King?

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