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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 uses personal references.
(c) each writes from a different time frame.
(d) each writes in different language, style, and interests.

2. Why did one write become designated Author J?
(a) he always refers to Yahweh in his writing.
(b) he never refers to Jehovah in his writing.
(c) he always refers to God as Elohim.
(d) his first name was Johan.

3. 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.

4. How many chief priests did David appoint?
(a) one from the north.
(b) three to have an unequal number.
(c) twelve for each of the tribes.
(d) one from the north and one from the south.

5. 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.

6. What innovation does the reformist King introduce?
(a) animal sacrifices of fish and fowl.
(b) worship points all over the kingdom.
(c) taxation to support the Temple priests.
(d) the Temple of Jerusalem as the central place of worship.

7. What does De Witte say about the idea that Deuteronomy had been written specifically to support Josiah's reformation.
(a) blatantly not true.
(b) a pious fraud.
(c) a clever ruse.
(d) a known fact.

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

9. When was David anointed King?
(a) while Saul was still alive.
(b) during the summer Solstice.
(c) after all the people voted for a new King.
(d) after Saul's death.

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

11. What does this two author evidence provide?
(a) that the books were written long after Moses.
(b) that Moses must have been the sole writer.
(c) that there are doubts about the authenticity of the Bible.
(d) that the books were put together objectively.

12. What was the book priest Hilkiah said he found in the Temple?
(a) the Torah.
(b) Deuteronomy.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Exodus.

13. After the fall of Israel in 722 B.C., what remains of the Jewish nation?
(a) a ragtag group of remnants.
(b) a group by the waters of Babylon.
(c) a community in exile.
(d) a weakened Judah.

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

15. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?
(a) by marrying women from those areas.
(b) by selecting their daughters for his sons.
(c) by reducing their taxes.
(d) by selecting generals from each area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a salt lake and named so because the salt content is too high to support life other than microbes?

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

3. Why did Frank Moore Cross, a biblical scholar at Harvard University, argue against looking for an author of Deuteronomy after 587 B.C.?

4. What is seen in the Author J story of Jacob's blessing of his sons and grandsons?

5. Why is the authorship of the Bible a comparatively recent field of study?

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