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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) Hezekiah.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Moses.
(d) Aaron.
2. What does Friedman conclude about the Tabernacle after the first Temple was built?
(a) that it was set up behind the Temple.
(b) that the it actually existed inside the Holy of Holies.
(c) that it was used to cover the Temple.
(d) that it was burned to prevent idolatry.
3. How were books written at the time of the Pentateuch authors?
(a) literature and history all jumbled together.
(b) with little reference to history.
(c) mostly as literary stories.
(d) in bits and pieces that were stitched together.
4. What had most early scholars scholars considered that J and E had come from?
(a) during the time of King David.
(b) in the time of the two kingdoms, Israel and Judah.
(c) right after settling in the land of Canaan.
(d) around the time of the death of Moses.
5. Who does the evidence point to as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) a Mosaic priest of Jerusalem.
(b) a Levite of Shiloh.
(c) a non-priestly prophet.
(d) an Aaronid of Hebron.
6. Which group of priests do the writers J and P favor?
(a) the direct descendants of Moses.
(b) the Aaronid family of priests.
(c) the Levites in general.
(d) the Davidic family of priests.
7. What does Jeremiah mention in his writing that none of the other prophets mention?
(a) the breaking of the tables of stone.
(b) Aaron and the golden calf.
(c) the mountain of transfiguration.
(d) the bronze snake of Moses.
8. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?
(a) elevation of Mosaic priests.
(b) a return to paganism.
(c) centralization of religion.
(d) appointment of scarificial places.
9. What does Friedman say about Jeremiah's familiarity with Author P before the exile?
(a) that Jeremiah got his material from Author P.
(b) that Jeremiah admired what he had done.
(c) that Jeremiah was hostile toward the priestly author.
(d) that Jeremiah never heard of him.
10. What is the great irony of P's writing that favored the Aaronid priesthood?
(a) it was re-written to fit J, E, and D.
(b) it was approved even by Authors J, E, and D.
(c) someone later pieced it all together with J, E, and D.
(d) it was left out of the final Torah all together.
11. Why does Friedman say that insertions were necessary in Deuteronomy?
(a) to deny the history of the Jews.
(b) to prepare the readers for the new ending.
(c) to broaden the story about the role of priests.
(d) to pave the way for a new covenant.
12. Why did it take hundreds of years for anyone to suspect there was more than one writer involved in the written Torah?
(a) because there was no archelogical evidence.
(b) because the combination was done so artfully.
(c) because no one studied it carefully.
(d) because no one thought to questions the contradictions.
13. What does Friedman show about the Tabernacle and the Temple?
(a) they are made of the same materials.
(b) there is no direct scaling of one to the other.
(c) there are incredible similarities between them.
(d) they are in perfect scale one to the other.
14. From where does Friedman speculate the laws came from in the writings of Author P?
(a) they were likely points everyone agreed on.
(b) they likely came from Divine revelation.
(c) they likely arose from other texts.
(d) they were likely oral traditions.
15. What is inferred about the Davidic Covenant in the revised Deuteronomy?
(a) there will always be a Davidic king in exile.
(b) a Davidic king does not need a throne.
(c) someone from David's line is always a potential king.
(d) a Davidic king will take over a larger kingdom.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the revision to Deuteronomy explain?
2. To determine if insertions have been made in a text, two or more of what elements must be present?
3. Which King of Judah is given credit for leading the people to worship false gods?
4. How does every book in the Pentateuch begin?
5. How does Friedman remind the reader that one can only really understand the exile?
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