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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who became prophets?
(a) only priests.
(b) anyone called by Yahweh.
(c) anyone who called himself a prophet.
(d) only judges.
2. What did the two writers use that alerted scholars to the idea that there were more than one?
(a) each writes in different language, style, and interests.
(b) each uses a different ancient language.
(c) each uses personal references.
(d) each writes from a different time frame.
3. What symbol in Exodus parallels a similar object in the northern kingdom?
(a) broken stones.
(b) wooden arks.
(c) golden calves.
(d) winged angels.
4. To what do the books of the Early Prophets bear a remarkable similarity?
(a) Deuteronomy.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Exodus.
5. What was different after David died and his son became King?
(a) Solomon became a greater conqueror.
(b) Solomon held elections among the tribes.
(c) Solomon was peaceful, not going to war like David.
(d) Solomon moved the capital to Beersheba.
6. What are the tribes of Israel conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.?
(a) the northern tribes.
(b) the remnants of Israel.
(c) the last of the Israelis.
(d) the ten lost tribes of Israel.
7. How did David solidify relationships with different important regions?
(a) by selecting their daughters for his sons.
(b) by selecting generals from each area.
(c) by marrying women from those areas.
(d) by reducing their taxes.
8. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?
(a) a puzzle.
(b) a repetition.
(c) a contradiction.
(d) a doublet.
9. What is significant in the Ten Commandments story Author E writes?
(a) Moses is never mentioned.
(b) Moses defers to Aaron's advice.
(c) Aaron is the one who gets the stone tablets.
(d) Aaron plays a significant role.
10. What King returned to the reforms of King Hezekiah?
(a) King Belshazzar, a Babylonian appointee.
(b) King Exra, the phrophet king.
(c) King Ahab, husband of Jezebel.
(d) King Josiah, Hezekiah's great grandson
11. What does Friedman propose about Author J?
(a) that he lived in Judah.
(b) that he came from Jerico.
(c) that he was not a Hebrew.
(d) that he was a Levite.
12. What did Isaac ibn Yashush notice in the eleventh century about the list of kings in Genesis 36?
(a) the list is inaccurate.
(b) there were no kings during the time of Moses.
(c) it includes people who lived long after Moses.
(d) Moses personally knew them all.
13. What writer became known as Author D?
(a) the writer who penned the book of Daniel.
(b) the author of Deuteronomy.
(c) the chronicler of David.
(d) the third autor of the Pentateuch.
14. What does the weakened King of Judah order concerning religion?
(a) he requires the priests to pray.
(b) he requires the foreign gods to be removed.
(c) he requires the priests to honor these foreign gods.
(d) he requires religious ceremonies be done in secret.
15. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?
(a) the one who found the different stories.
(b) the one who kept the original manuscripts.
(c) the one who collected the information.
(d) the one who stitched the works together.
Short Answer Questions
1. What lay in the ark under the wings of the cherubs?
2. After the fall of Israel in 722 B.C., what remains of the Jewish nation?
3. Primarily, what is Deuteronomy mostly about?
4. When did a second writer add brief stories about the kings who followed Josiah?
5. What covenant between God and man does Author J favor?
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