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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the first books that suggested the traditional ideas about who wrote the Bible were wrong?
(a) the books were placed in all libraries.
(b) the books became required reading for clergy.
(c) the books became best sellers.
(d) the books were banned or burned.

2. What was an important Jewish city that fell to the Assyrians?
(a) the Judean city of Nineveh.
(b) the Judean city of Jericho.
(c) the Judean city of Lachish.
(d) the Judean city of Bethleham.

3. What do scholars call two different versions of the same story?
(a) a doublet.
(b) a puzzle.
(c) a contradiction.
(d) a repetition.

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

5. Where does Friedman place Author E?
(a) in Babylon.
(b) in Israel.
(c) in Edom.
(d) in Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer became known as Author D?

2. What does Friedman say is not his purpose in writing the book?

3. When was David anointed King?

4. Who was the fifth person involved in the four author idea?

5. What are the dates Friedman puts on the two writers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is evidence that Moses did not write the Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?

2. What method does Friedman use to determine the identity of Author E?

3. What made it evident that there were two different writers identified as Author J who became identified as Author E?

4. Why was another author identified as the writer of Deuteronomy?

5. What differentiated the reign of David and that of his son, King Solomon?

6. What is compelling evidence from modern scholarship that there were multiple writers of the Bible?

7. How does a fifth person come into the picture regarding the Pentateuch?

8. What evidence is there that Author J might have been female?

9. What are some of the measures David undertook to unite the twelve tribes after he became King?

10. What were some of the major reforms initiated by King Hezekiah?

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