HIEU 201 Chapter 2 Quiz

HIEU 201 CHAPTER 2 QUIZ
1.    The biblical account of the Exodus identifies ________ as leading the Hebrews out of Egypt.
 
a. Moses    

 
    b. Abraham    

 
c. Saul    

 
d. David

2.    Under the rule of David's son Solomon,
 
a. Jerusalem decreased in importance.    

 
b. the Israelites lost Jerusalem to the Philistines.    

 
c. old tribal patterns gained renewed strength.    

 
d. Israel reached the height of its power and prosperity

3.    The Old Testament
 
a. describes the efforts of the Jews to understand the ways of God.    

 
b. explores only human weakness and cruelty.    

 
c. depicts demigods as its heroes.    

 
d. is a record of ancient Jewish history compiled by research historians.

4.    The Hebrews thought of Yahweh as
 
a. a universal spirit that resided in the elements of nature, such as the earth, the moon, and the sun.    

 
b. a superhuman deity who required food, drink, sleep, and sexual gratification.    

 
c. the great creator of the universe, who had then withdrawn entirely from earthly affairs.    

 
d. fully powerful and therefore fully free.

5.    Which of the following describes the Hebrews' relationship with the natural world?
 
a. Nature was divine, and natural phenomena were invested with supernatural qualities.    

 
b. The Hebrews demystified nature by creating theoretical science.    

 
c. God was a part of nature and was thus affected by numerous natural forces like storms.    

 
d. Natural phenomena were the result of God's handiwork.

6.    In the history of the Hebrew people, the covenant has served to
 
a. emphasize the unique relationship of God to the Israelites as a chosen people that had accepted God's moral code.    

 
b. emphasize the all-importance of the Hebrew nation over all other people.    

 
c. encourage the Hebrews to turn inward and take a very limited role in human affairs.    

 
d. justify the exploitation and oppression of the weakest members of society.

7.    The historical significance of Israelite law was that it
 
a. rejected protection of the widows, orphans, and slaves.    

 
b. embraced the idea that law should treat people differently depending on their wealth.    

 
c. demonstrated greater ethical awareness than other legal codes of the Near East.    

 
d. introduced the idea of private property as the most important concept in society.

8.    The Hebrews regarded history as
 
a. a process leading to a goal.    

 
b. a purely secular subject.    

 
c. the random result of human acts.    

 
d. a great cycle, with the same events occurring over and over again.

9.    During the flowering of the prophetic movement, the Hebrew prophets
 
a. insisted that Yahweh would be pleased only by the observance of proper rituals and ceremonies.    

 
b. saw poverty and injustice as facts of life that would be futile to oppose.    

 
c. embraced parochialism and believed Israel's sacred mission was to focus on the chosen people alone.    

 
d. preached social responsibility and criticized those who emphasized accumulation of possessions and wealth.    

10.    All of the following is true of universalism in Hebrew thought EXCEPT
 
a. its contradiction of the narrow, tribal origins of Hebrew society.    

 
b. its stress on the special nature and destiny of the Hebrews as God's chosen people.    

 
c. its emphasis that Israel was charged to lead in the struggle against idolatry.    

 
d. its concern for all humanity.

11.    The first five books of the Old Testament are known as the
 
a. Torah.    

 
b. Tanak.    

 
c. Talmud.    

 
d. Quintarch.

12.    The Hebrews originated in
 
a. Canaan.    

 
b. Mesopotamia.    

 
c. Egypt.    

 
d. Palestine.

 
13.    During the eleventh century B.C., the leadership of Saul united the ________ Hebrew tribes in Canaan.
 
a. ten    

 
b. twenty    

 
c. twelve    

 
d. two

14.    After the fall of Israel to the Assyrians in 722 B.C.
 
a. the Hebrews experienced an immediate return to their former power.    

 
b. the prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah declared that the Hebrews had been forsaken by Yahweh.    

 
c. thousands of Hebrews were exiled to Syria.    

 
d. many Hebrews lost their identity as the people of God.

15.    The Hebrews' concept of Yahweh
 
a. shows that they were monotheists from their earliest days in Mesopotamia.    

 
b. views Yahweh as one of many gods, all deserving honor and obedience by humans.    

 
c. emphasizes the God's power as ruler of all and subject to none.    

 
d. is similar to that of other ancient monotheisms, such as the worship of Aton in Egypt.

16.    Which of the following is a fundamental Hebrew belief about the individual?
 
a. Human beings lacked the power to choose between righteousness and wickedness.    

 
b. God desired his people to grovel before him and forbid them the capacity to take responsibility for their conduct.    

 
c. Human beings ranked equally with all other elements of God's creation.    

 
d. God did not create people to be his slaves

 
17.    The Hebrews' belief in moral responsibility resulted from
 
a. an awareness of individual human beings as having free will to act.    

 
b. pride in oneself.    

 
c. an emphasis on the family as the source of morality.    

 
d. communal traditions.

18.    The Old Testament discussed slaves
 
a. as deserving no protection.    

 
b. as the absolute property of the slave-owner, to do with as he wished.    

 
c. as human beings deserving justice and moral treatment.    

 
d. in the same way as all other ancient Near Eastern law.

19.    Under Hebrew law, within the family
 
a. women had full legal rights.    

 
b. a divorce could be granted by request of either the husband or wife.    

 
c. women were treated as property.    

 
d. the father had supreme authority.

20.    The legacy of the ancient Jews includes all of the following EXCEPT
 
a. the value Westerners place on the individual.    

 
b. monotheism.    

 
c. a fundamental component of Christianity.    

 
d. the idea that all time is cyclical.