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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - 11 The Sacred Tent, P.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where do the priests of the northern kingdom trace their ancestry?
(a) back to Joseph.
(b) back to Jacob.
(c) back to Noah.
(d) back to Moses.

2. How does Friedman remind the reader that one can only really understand the exile?
(a) by experience of it first hand.
(b) by archeological evidence.
(c) by memorizing Lamentations.
(d) by reading the Psalms.

3. When does the Davidic king, Zedekiah, lose the throne and become a prisoner in Babylon?
(a) 587 B.C.
(b) 722 B.C.
(c) 777 B.C.
(d) 487 B.C.

4. Why did Frank Moore Cross, a biblical scholar at Harvard University, argue against looking for an author of Deuteronomy after 587 B.C.?
(a) the language of Deuteronomy predates 587 B.C.
(b) there are no scrolls after 587 B.C.
(c) the phrase "to this day" is often employed in the text.
(d) one Israelite kingdom no longer existed.

5. What is one reason that the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was unsuccessful?
(a) Hezekiah married an Assyrian princess.
(b) supplies were being smuggled in from the south.
(c) Egypt came to war with Assyria.
(d) Hezekiah had built a tunnel under the city to bring in fresh water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this two author evidence provide?

2. Who allows the Jews to return to their home country?

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

4. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?

5. Who had been a Levite priest of Anathoth and had never done sacrifices?

(see the answer key)

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