Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the Deuteronomic curses for disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  fever and inflammation 
B)  exile 
C)  miscarriages 
D)  divorces 
A)  fever and inflammation 
B)  exile 
C)  miscarriages 
D)  divorces D

Question 2

Who hired Balaam to curse the Israelites?

Accepted Answer

A)  Og 
B)  Sihon 
C)  Gideon 
D)  Balak 
A)  Og 
B)  Sihon 
C)  Gideon 
D)  Balak D

Question 3

Deuteronomy can be best described as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  etiology. 
B)  poem. 
C)  speech. 
D)  genealogy. 
A)  etiology. 
B)  poem. 
C)  speech. 
D)  genealogy. C

Question 4

How many spies did Moses send to see if Canaan could be entered from the south?

Accepted Answer

A)  six 
B)  twelve 
C)  twenty 
D)  forty 
A)  six 
B)  twelve 
C)  twenty 
D)  forty

Question 5

Deuteronomy 1-4:43 was probably influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  Assyrian hegemony. 
B)  exile in Babylon. 
C)  Hosea. 
D)  Jeremiah. 
A)  Assyrian hegemony. 
B)  exile in Babylon. 
C)  Hosea. 
D)  Jeremiah.

Question 6

The king of Bashan was

Accepted Answer

A)  Sihon. 
B)  Og. 
C)  Chemosh. 
D)  Phinehas. 
A)  Sihon. 
B)  Og. 
C)  Chemosh. 
D)  Phinehas.

Question 7

According to Israelite law, women could never inherit land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

After her act of rebellion, Miriam is stricken with

Accepted Answer

A)  blindness. 
B)  paralysis. 
C)  infertility. 
D)  a skin disease. 
A)  blindness. 
B)  paralysis. 
C)  infertility. 
D)  a skin disease.

Question 9

Numbers 6 discusses vows taken by

Accepted Answer

A)  priests. 
B)  nazirites. 
C)  murderers. 
D)  Amalekites. 
A)  priests. 
B)  nazirites. 
C)  murderers. 
D)  Amalekites.

Question 10

What is the historical context for the D source and the book of Deuteronomy?

Accepted Answer

Students should refer to the probable or

Question 11

The Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy are identical to those found in Exodus 20.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Deuteronomy, Moses died at age

Accepted Answer

A)  80. 
B)  120. 
C)  180. 
D)  200. 
A)  80. 
B)  120. 
C)  180. 
D)  200.

Question 13

What are some of the main events and themes of the book of Numbers? How does it fit in the larger context of the Torah?

Accepted Answer

Students should mention the Israel's fra

Question 14

People from which tribe of Israel apparently ran religious services in cultic shrines other than Jerusalem until these were disallowed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Levi 
B)  Benjamin 
C)  Reuben 
D)  Gad 
A)  Levi 
B)  Benjamin 
C)  Reuben 
D)  Gad

Question 15

Describe the role of the priesthood in ancient Israel. What were their duties and responsibilities? What special rules of purity did they have to observe and why?

Accepted Answer

Priests officiated cultic activities in

Question 16

What are the fundamental themes found in the Deuteronomic Code? How are the laws in this code different than those found in the other books of the Pentateuch? How did these laws influence the history of ancient Israel?

Accepted Answer

Distinctive laws in the Deuteronomic Cod

Question 17

Deuteronomy assumes the existence of the central sanctuary in Jerusalem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Moses disobeys God and in consequence cannot enter the Promised Land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Moses is the only surviving member of the Exodus generation to cross into Canaan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The "mountain of God" is referred to by which two names?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moriah and Sinai 
B)  Sinai and Horeb 
C)  Moriah and Gerizim 
D)  Horeb and Ararat 
A)  Moriah and Sinai 
B)  Sinai and Horeb 
C)  Moriah and Gerizim 
D)  Horeb and Ararat

Exam 6: From Mount Sinai to the Promised Land: Numbers and Deuteronomy

Which of the following is not one of the Deuteronomic curses for disobedience?

Who hired Balaam to curse the Israelites?

Deuteronomy can be best described as a(n)

How many spies did Moses send to see if Canaan could be entered from the south?

Deuteronomy 1-4:43 was probably influenced by

The king of Bashan was

According to Israelite law, women could never inherit land.

After her act of rebellion, Miriam is stricken with

Numbers 6 discusses vows taken by

What is the historical context for the D source and the book of Deuteronomy?

The Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy are identical to those found in Exodus 20.

According to Deuteronomy, Moses died at age

What are some of the main events and themes of the book of Numbers? How does it fit in the larger context of the Torah?

People from which tribe of Israel apparently ran religious services in cultic shrines other than Jerusalem until these were disallowed?

Describe the role of the priesthood in ancient Israel. What were their duties and responsibilities? What special rules of purity did they have to observe and why?

What are the fundamental themes found in the Deuteronomic Code? How are the laws in this code different than those found in the other books of the Pentateuch? How did these laws influence the history of ancient Israel?

Deuteronomy assumes the existence of the central sanctuary in Jerusalem.

Moses disobeys God and in consequence cannot enter the Promised Land.

Moses is the only surviving member of the Exodus generation to cross into Canaan.

The "mountain of God" is referred to by which two names?

What Is the Bible

Why Is the Bible so Hard to Understand

The Book of Genesis

Who Wrote the Pentateuch

From Egypt to Mount Sinai: Exodus and Leviticus

The Deuteronomistic History: Joshua and Judges

The Books of Samuel and Kings

The Early Israelite Prophets: Amos and Isaiah

Other Pre-Exilic Prophets: Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk

The Historians of Exile and Return: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Beyond

The Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophets

The Poets of Ancient Israel

Storytellers in Ancient Israel

The Wisdom Literature

Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Apocrypha

The World of Jesus and His Followers

The Synoptic Problem and the Gospel of Mark

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke

The Gospel of John and the Later Gospels

The Historical Jesus

The Life of the Apostle Paul

The Letters of Paul

The Acts of the Apostles

In the Wake of Paul: Deutero-Pauline Epistles

The General Epistles and the Book of Revelation

Appendix: the Canon and Text of the Bible

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