Multiple Choice Quiz


1	According to the documentary hypothesis, Genesis 1:1-2:4a is the product of:
		A)	the priestly source
		B)	the Elohist
		C)	the Yahwist
		D)	The Deuteronomist


2	The Hebrew word adamah means
		A)	Adam
		B)	the human
		C)	male
		D)	dust


3	God banishes Adam and Eve from the garden:
		A)	to punish them for their actions
		B)	because he doesn't like them anymore
		C)	because he has condemned them to have to work hard
		D)	because if they eat from the tree of life, God says "they will become like one of us"


4	Noah's three sons are named Shem, Japheth and:
		A)	Lamech
		B)	Terah
		C)	Nimrod
		D)	Ham


5	The city from which Abraham departs after being called by God is
		A)	Ur
		B)	Haran
		C)	Sodom
		D)	Babylon


6	Ishmael is said to be the ancestor of
		A)	the Edomites
		B)	the Arabs
		C)	the Greeks
		D)	the Philistines


7	Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son Isaac because
		A)	human sacrifice was common in the ancient Near East
		B)	he hoped to avert the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
		C)	Yahweh demanded it of him
		D)	he preferred Ishmael


8	Jacob wrestles the mysterious figure (an angel or God?) at:
		A)	Shechem
		B)	Bethel
		C)	Peniel
		D)	Haran


9	Jacob's favored wife is:
		A)	Rebekah
		B)	Dinah
		C)	Leah
		D)	Rachel


10	Jacob's sons come to Egypt:
		A)	because they are bored in Canaan
		B)	there is a famine
		C)	they are looking for work
		D)	they are raiders

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