Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The crossing of the Jordan river has strong affinities with what other biblical story:
		A)	the flood
		B)	creation
		C)	the sacrifice of Isaac
		D)	the parting of the Red Sea


2	The book of Joshua concludes with the dramatic scene of a covenant-renewal celebration at
		A)	Jericho
		B)	Sinai
		C)	Shechem
		D)	Shiloh


3	The first great victory of the Israelites in Canaan takes place at
		A)	Jericho
		B)	'Ai
		C)	Gilgal
		D)	Dan


4	The crowd that participates in the covenant ceremony at Shechem includes
		A)	only those Israelites who had crossed the Jordan with Joshua
		B)	only the members of the tribes that were given territory west of the Jordan
		C)	only members of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin
		D)	a wide variety of people, including many of Canaanite and Mesopotamian background


5	The judges for whom the Book of Judges are named, are primarily
		A)	priests of Yahweh
		B)	legal experts
		C)	military leaders
		D)	prophets


6	The woman who assassinates the general Sisera is
		A)	Deborah
		B)	Jephthah's daughter
		C)	Delilah
		D)	Jael


7	Jephthah kills his daughter because
		A)	she is a priestess of Baal
		B)	she disobeys him
		C)	he has vowed to sacrifice the first living thing he meets after returning from battle
		D)	accidentally


8	The primary military threat to the Israelites in Judges is presented by
		A)	internecine warfare
		B)	the Assyrians
		C)	the Egyptians
		D)	the Philistines


9	The Philistines succeed in subduing Samson
		A)	by bribery
		B)	when his lover Delilah cuts his hair short
		C)	by sending Goliath to do battle with him
		D)	by waiting until he is old and weak


10	The other 11 tribes punish the tribe of Benjamin because
		A)	it had made peace with the Philistines
		B)	it had gone to war against Judah
		C)	it criticized Jephthah for his actions
		D)	its members had raped and murdered a Levite priest's concubine

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