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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 The World That the Bible Produced.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the period 587-400 B.C. difficult to understand?
(a) secular history glosses over that period.
(b) Egyptians and Babylonians did not keep records.
(c) there is little or no archeological evidence about the exile.
(d) no writing was done at that time.

2. Going beyond the two writer theory, what have some scholars suggested?
(a) six distinct writing styles.
(b) editing by the high priest.
(c) insertions made at a much later date.
(d) writing by whole groups of people.

3. How does it appear that doublets have been treated to form the Bible?
(a) they have simply been ignored.
(b) the best one has been selected to include.
(c) they have been left out of the text.
(d) they have been cut and reduced to make one story.

4. Where are there references to the guilt and pain of the exile?
(a) Judges, Ruth, Esther, and Obadiah.
(b) Proverbs, 2 Chronicles, Hosea, and Amos.
(c) Psalms, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah.
(d) Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

5. What is the guilt of the Jews that led them into exile?
(a) stopping all sacrifices.
(b) worshipping foreign gods.
(c) eating forbidden foods.
(d) sacrificing in the wrong places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?

2. What is Friedman's point in bringing all the evidence of multiple writers of the Bible?

3. How does J get around the problem of images in the north and south?

4. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?

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

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