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

2. Why is the period 587-400 B.C. difficult to understand?
(a) no writing was done at that time.
(b) secular history glosses over that period.
(c) Egyptians and Babylonians did not keep records.
(d) there is little or no archeological evidence about the exile.

3. What was different about the religion of the Jews and those of other nations?
(a) its dogmatism.
(b) its popularity.
(c) its monotheism.
(d) its longevity.

4. Who allows the Jews to return to their home country?
(a) Cyrus the Great.
(b) Ramses the Second.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Baltshazzar the Benevolent.

5. What occurred during the reign of King Hezekiah?
(a) a return to paganism.
(b) appointment of scarificial places.
(c) elevation of Mosaic priests.
(d) centralization of religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supernatural tales are left out by Author P?

2. Why does Friedman hold early Biblical scholars in high esteem?

3. What does Friedman show about the Tabernacle and the Temple?

4. What is the great irony of P's writing that favored the Aaronid priesthood?

5. Why is it significant for some to trace their priestly ancestry back to Aaron?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is identifying the time of writer P of significance?

2. How does Friedman identify as writer R, the redactor who stitched together all the various versions into one Torah?

3. What does Friedman speculate held the Jewish people together, even during the exile?

4. How does Friedman react to the idea that the prophets did not know about writer P?

5. During what historical time frame does Friedman place the writer P?

6. How did Cyrus the Great figure into the history of the Jewish exile?

7. Why does Friedman finally identify Jeremiah as the author of Deuteronomy?

8. Where does Friedman place the Tabernacle at the time of the First Temple?

9. How does writer P interject his ideas about miracles and the authority of the Aaronid priests?

10. How was responsibility for the eventual exile of the people defined in the later text?

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