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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the 19th Century what name does the four author idea take on?
(a) the Documentary Hypothesis
(b) the Four Horsemen.
(c) the Quadra Hypothesis.
(d) the Fourth Dimension.

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

3. Beside the references to Yahweh or El, are there other differences between J and E?
(a) No, there are no seemingly contradictory statements.
(b) No, there are no stylistic differences.
(c) Yes, there are distinct stylistic differences.
(d) Yes, there are narrative differences.

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

5. What is the status of Aaron in the narrative of Author E?
(a) it is sinful status.
(b) it is insignificant status.
(c) it is hero status.
(d) it is objectionable status.

6. Why did Author E get his designation?
(a) his fist name was Elgar.
(b) he always refers to God, El, or Elohim.
(c) he refers to God as Edom.
(d) he never uses the singular for God.

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

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

9. In what way was Yahweh different from the gods of the people around the Hebrews?
(a) Yahweh has fewer oracles.
(b) Yahweh is not associated with any natural force.
(c) Yahweh disallows statues.
(d) Yahweh cannot speak to the people.

10. Primarily, what is Deuteronomy mostly about?
(a) laws.
(b) science.
(c) praise.
(d) history.

11. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
(a) a lampstand with seven candles.
(b) a tree that symbolized Yahweh.
(c) the original copies of the Torah.
(d) the original stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.

12. What story does Friedman use to illustrate the two author concept?
(a) the crossing of the Red Sea.
(b) the creation.
(c) the flood.
(d) the sacrifice of Isaac.

13. In short, what is the difference in the two different accounts of events in Genesis?
(a) Author E lived many centuries before Author J.
(b) Author J had limited knowledge of Hebrew history.
(c) Author J was an enemy of author E.
(d) Author E favored Israel, while Author J favored Judah.

14. At what point does E switch from using El or Elohim in reference to God?
(a) at the point when Yahweh tells Moses his name.
(b) after he becomes a very old man.
(c) after he has read J's texts.
(d) when he satirizes J's account.

15. What does Friedman suggest the combination of the two writers symbolizes?
(a) the reuniting of the Jewish people.
(b) the changes in Jewish thinking.
(c) the Babylonian captivity.
(d) the destruction of Jerusalem.

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. What King returned to the reforms of King Hezekiah?

3. What effect did the first suggestions that more than one writer wrote the Pentateuch have on Christian clergy?

4. What does the Author J's story of Noah do that the Author E's story does not?

5. When did a second writer add brief stories about the kings who followed Josiah?

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