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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 In the Court of King Josiah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scandal occurred in David's household that ended in a murder?
(a) David's son, Absolum, took bribes from the tribes.
(b) David's brothers attempted to assassinate him.
(c) David's oldest son, Amnon, raped Tamar, his half-sister.
(d) David's wife had an affair with a priest.

2. What happened to the snake sculpture that Moses had built in the wilderness?
(a) Hezekiah destroyed it.
(b) it was taken by the Assyrians.
(c) it was brought to the Temple.
(d) copies were made for all areas of the kingdom.

3. What religious practice was done by Hezekiah's son and grandson?
(a) barring all religion altogether.
(b) back to the ways of following Assyrian religions.
(c) further reforms to solidify the position of Jerusalem.
(d) introduction of new religions.

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

5. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?
(a) they believed they were answering questions.
(b) they rejected the idea.
(c) they agreed with the new scholarship.
(d) they thought it explained a lot about scripture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Author E's writing about God's commandment cast doubt on the golden cherubs of Judah?

3. What innovation does the reformist King introduce?

4. What does the weakened King of Judah order concerning religion?

5. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?

(see the answer key)

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