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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Professor Eduard Reuss place Author P?
(a) during the time of the second Temple.
(b) during the time of the Tabernacle.
(c) during the time of King Josiah.
(d) during the time of the first Temple.

2. What is an argument against the time of the second Temple for author P?
(a) he talks exclusively about the first Temple.
(b) he never mentions the Temple as having any importance.
(c) he never mentions the Tabernacle.
(d) he never writes about the worship in the Temple.

3. Who writes his book in much the same way that Deuteronomy had been written?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) David.
(c) Josiah.
(d) Samuel.

4. Which group of priests do the writers J and P favor?
(a) the Levites in general.
(b) the direct descendants of Moses.
(c) the Aaronid family of priests.
(d) the Davidic family of priests.

5. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?
(a) to worship in a central place.
(b) thou shall not make idols.
(c) thou shall not bear false witness.
(d) to cease offering blood sacrifices.

6. Why does Friedman say that insertions were necessary in Deuteronomy?
(a) to broaden the story about the role of priests.
(b) to prepare the readers for the new ending.
(c) to pave the way for a new covenant.
(d) to deny the history of the Jews.

7. Who had been a Levite priest of Anathoth and had never done sacrifices?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Jeremiah.

8. What goes against the First Commandment?
(a) worshipping foreign gods.
(b) bearing false witness.
(c) committing adultery.
(d) committing genocide.

9. What does Jeremiah mention in his writing that none of the other prophets mention?
(a) the bronze snake of Moses.
(b) the mountain of transfiguration.
(c) the breaking of the tables of stone.
(d) Aaron and the golden calf.

10. 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.

11. Who goes into exile with Jeremiah?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Baruch.
(c) Miriam.
(d) the High Priest.

12. How does every book in the Pentateuch begin?
(a) with J stories.
(b) with disclaimers.
(c) with genealogies.
(d) with P stories.

13. What happened to the Davidic covenant after the invasion of the Babylonians?
(a) the Temple is rebuilt and a Davidic king is put in charge.
(b) a descendant of David is made governor of Judah.
(c) the king is no longer on the throne and the Temple is burned.
(d) God had to be reminded of his promise to David.

14. How does Jeremiah see the Aaronid priests like Author P?
(a) as liberals bent on changing the law.
(b) as the true inheritors of the priesthood.
(c) as usurpers of God's command for Levite priests.
(d) as a priestly class that casts Moses in a bad light.

15. What is in Deuteronomy to set up the possibility of the fall of Judah?
(a) references to the last king of Judah.
(b) references to being pursued.
(c) references to the flood.
(d) references to being exiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Freidman's analogy to the problem of the fall of Judah?

2. What was so attractive about Wellhausen's summary?

3. What does Author P insist about the location for sacrifices?

4. What does Friedman conclude about the Tabernacle after the first Temple was built?

5. From where do the priests of the northern kingdom trace their ancestry?

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