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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the revised text make clear about the exile?
(a) it is not a punishment.
(b) it is not a destruction of the covenant of Moses.
(c) it could be avoided if Judah and Israel re-combine.
(d) it is an inevitable result for a small kingdom.

2. How do Graf and others see the Tabernacle?
(a) as a building formula.
(b) as a fiction, a pious fraud.
(c) as a stop gap measure.
(d) as a metaphor.

3. Who does Friedman identify as the writer of Deuteronomy?
(a) Hezekiah.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Moses.

4. 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 never heard of him.
(c) that Jeremiah admired what he had done.
(d) that Jeremiah was hostile toward the priestly author.

5. How does Friedman see Julius Wellhausen's summary of the second Temple theory for Author P?
(a) it did not hold together logically.
(b) it was logical, coherent, persuasive--and wrong.
(c) it was illogical, poorly put together, and confusing.
(d) it was logical but ignored major evidence.

6. What happened after the fall of the kingdom of Israel?
(a) refugees entered Judah and arrived in Jerusalem.
(b) refugees attacked Judah.
(c) Judah became more insulary.
(d) Judah started buildig up its army.

7. What is Friedman's description of Author P?
(a) possibly a man or a woman.
(b) likely an Aaronid priest and therefore male.
(c) a scribe from Judah.
(d) possibly a Mosiac itinerant priest.

8. With what did Ezra return to Judah?
(a) a copy of the Torah that is in modern usage.
(b) an army of 10,000 men.
(c) a new revelation from God.
(d) a blueprint of the Temple.

9. What is the third part assumption of the pious fraud?
(a) that religion was centralized.
(b) that religion was still being conceived.
(c) that religion was uniform in two kingdoms.
(d) that religion was exclusive to Judah.

10. Where do the authors D and E write that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
(a) Mt. Olives.
(b) Mt. Horeb.
(c) Mt. Sinai.
(d) Mt. Zion.

11. Where are there references to the guilt and pain of the exile?
(a) Proverbs, 2 Chronicles, Hosea, and Amos.
(b) Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
(c) Psalms, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah.
(d) Judges, Ruth, Esther, and Obadiah.

12. According to the laws of Deuteronomy, where was the central place for sacrifices?
(a) Bethlehem.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Horeb.
(d) Jerusalem.

13. Who conquered the Babylonians in 538 B.C.?
(a) the Persians.
(b) the Egyptians.
(c) the Greeks.
(d) the Romans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first law given in Deuteronomy?

2. What does Friedman suggest gives a clue as to the identity of the writer D?

3. How is Baruch mentioned in the book of Jeremiah?

4. Why did it take hundreds of years for anyone to suspect there was more than one writer involved in the written Torah?

5. Why does Friedman say that insertions were necessary in Deuteronomy?

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