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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference in the two writers approach to the ark of the covenant?
(a) E writes that it was destroyed in a fire.
(b) J writes extensively about it but E never mentions it.
(c) E praises it because it is in Shechem.
(d) J thinks it is less important than E does.

2. What unusual speculation does Friedman make regarding the Egyptian bondage?
(a) that only the tribe of Levi may have been enslaved.
(b) that Moses did not really lead them out of Egypt.
(c) that they were not enslaved so much as over taxed.
(d) that the tribe of Levi was left out of the slavery.

3. What writer became known as Author D?
(a) the author of Deuteronomy.
(b) the writer who penned the book of Daniel.
(c) the third autor of the Pentateuch.
(d) the chronicler of David.

4. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?
(a) the one who collected the information.
(b) the one who found the different stories.
(c) the one who stitched the works together.
(d) the one who kept the original manuscripts.

5. What symbol in Exodus parallels a similar object in the northern kingdom?
(a) golden calves.
(b) winged angels.
(c) broken stones.
(d) wooden arks.

6. Who proposed three historical stages for the development of Israel?
(a) Julius Wellhausen.
(b) Spinoza.
(c) Friedman.
(d) Savanerola.

7. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?
(a) each uses personal references.
(b) each writes from a different time frame.
(c) each uses a different ancient language.
(d) each writes in different language, style, and interests.

8. What are the books known as the Early Prophets?
(a) Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel.
(b) 1 and 2 Chronicles and Judges.
(c) Ecclesiastes, Amos, and Obadiah.
(d) Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings.

9. Who were among the first to control the politics of the Israelites?
(a) kings.
(b) prophets.
(c) tribunals.
(d) judges.

10. Where and when does Friedman place the writing of Deuteronomy?
(a) in Egypt around 722 B.C.
(b) in Shechem around 587 B.C.
(c) in Jerusalem around 622 B.C.
(d) in Babylon around 550 B.C.

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

12. What King returned to the reforms of King Hezekiah?
(a) King Exra, the phrophet king.
(b) King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson
(c) King Ahab, husband of Jezebel.
(d) King Belshazzar, a Babylonian appointee.

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

14. Who became prophets?
(a) anyone called by Yahweh.
(b) anyone who called himself a prophet.
(c) only judges.
(d) only priests.

15. During the time of Judah before Babylon, who initiates religious reforms?
(a) King David.
(b) King Hezekiah.
(c) King Rehoboam.
(d) King Saul.

Short Answer Questions

1. From studying the language, how many authors have scholars concluded worked on the first five books of the Bible?

2. What is the traditional belief about the authorship of the first five books of the Bible?

3. How many chief priests did David appoint?

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

5. What did Spinoza point out about Moses being called "the humblest man on Earth"?

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