Ch11 Exam Questions Joshua And The Conquest Of The Land Of

Chapter 11: Joshua and the Conquest of the Land of Canaan

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Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 01

1. What are the overarching themes of the book of Joshua? How does Joshua fit into the overall program of the Deuteronomistic History?

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 02

2. Describe the figure of Joshua. What kind of a character is he? In what ways is Joshua the prototypical Deuteronomistic leader and hero? How does he differ from Moses? What was his likely historical role in the conquest of Canaan?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 03

3. What are the role and function of etiologies in Joshua? Give specific examples.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 04

4. To what extent does the book of Joshua reflect history? What factors account for the portrayal of the conquest of the land found in the book of Joshua?

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 01

1. The boundary and city lists were likely compiled in Judah.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 02

2. The Deuteronomistic historians often adapted their sources to achieve artificial consistency.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 03

3. There are more etiologies in Joshua than in any other biblical book.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 04

4. The final version of the Deuteronomistic History dates to the reign of Hezekiah.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 05

5. Joshua is a flat, one-dimensional character in the book that bears his name.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 06

6. Archaeological data support Joshua’s chronology for the conquest of Canaan.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 07

7. God speaks only through prophets in the Deuteronomistic History.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 08

8. It is questionable whether or not the cities of refuge ever functioned as places of asylum during the biblical period.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 09

9. Postcolonial readings of Joshua praise Rahab as a hero and a convert.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 11 Question 10

10. Moses is mentioned over fifty times in the book of Joshua.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 01

1. The Deuteronomic History shares all of the following themes with the book of Deuteronomy except:

a. exclusive worship of Yahweh

b. God’s covenant with the Davidic dynasty

c. eternal forgiveness

d. worship of Yahweh at one central location

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 02

2. All of the following cities are conquered in Joshua except:

a. Ai

b. Shechem

c. Lachish

d. Jericho

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 03

3. The boundary lists were probably produced in the land of:

a. Ephraim

b. Babylon

c. Judah

d. Manasseh

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 04

4. The oldest portions of the Deuteronomistic History probably date to the reign of:

a. Hezekiah

b. Josiah

c. Ahab

d. Solomon

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 05

5. Rahab was a:

a. slave

b. nurse

c. priestess

d. prostitute

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 05

5. Joshua may have been a local hero from the tribe of:

a. Ephraim

b. Manasseh

c. Judah

d. Gad

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 06

6. Joshua renewed the covenant at the city of:

a. Jericho

b. Jerusalem

c. Gilgal

d. Shechem

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 07

7. The land east of the Jordan was divided among all of the following tribes except:

a. Gad

b. Reuben

c. Zebulun

d. Manasseh

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 08

8. The only city that was burned by the Israelites was:

a. Jericho

b. Hazor

c. Ai

d. Bethel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 09

9. After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrate the:

a. Day of Atonement

b. Passover

c. New Year

d. Feast of Sukkoth

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 10

10. Rahab’s speech to the scouts reflects the voice of:

a. Joshua

b. post-colonialists

c. the Canaanites

d. the Deuteronomists

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 11

11. Joshua sent out scouts near:

a. Jericho

b. Jerusalem

c. Bezel

d. Golan

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 12

12. The Israelites make a covenant with:

a. Rahab

b. the king of Jericho

c. the Gibeonites

d. the Amorites

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 13

13. All are sources named by the Deuteronomistic historians except:

a. the Book of Jashar

b. the Book of the Acts of Solomon

c. the Book of Lemuel

d. the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 14

14.Traditionally, ______________ was credited with writing the last few verses of the book of Joshua:

a. Phinehas

b. Joshua

c. Eleazar

d. Jashar

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 15

16. All are true of the Gibeonites except:

a. they express belief in Yahweh

b. they deceived Israel

c. they are sentenced to religious servitude

d. they are annihilated by Israel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 17

17. The Oak of Moreh means “oak of _____________.”

a. the mountain

b. the teacher

c. God

d. the prophet

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 18

18. Gilgal is mentioned as a place of worship in all of the following except:

a. Joshua

b. Numbers

c. Judges

d. 1 Samuel

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 19

19. _______________ readings of Rahab portray her as an indigenous woman who sells out her own people to military conquerors to secure the safety of her own family.

a. Form critical

b. Text critical

c. Historical critical

d. Post-colonial

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 11 Question 20

20. All are chronologically sequential histories in the Hebrew Bible except:

a. Pentateuch

b. Deuteronomistic History

c. the Latter Prophets

d. Chronicles

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 11 Question 01

1. The German word Grundschrift means “__________________.”

a. basic text

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 02

2. Eleazar’s son was _____________.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 03

3. The name “Ai” means ________________.

a. the ruin

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 04

4. The “mountains of curse and blessing” are ________________ and _______________.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 05

5. The Israelite base of operations moved from Gilgal to Shiloh to ____________.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 06

6. The traditional Hebrew version of the biblical text is called the ______________.

a. Masoretic Text

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 07

7. The term “_________________” is literally translated “something prohibited” and applies to all spoils, including animals, human beings, and inanimate objects.

a. the ban

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 08

8. ________________ is located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim.

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 09

9. German biblical scholar ___________________ proposed that the books Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings comprised the Deuteronomistic History.

a. Martin Noth

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Title: Chapter 11 Question 10

10. The ___________________ is the central sacred object in ritual processions mentioned in the narratives of the crossing of the Jordan and the capture of Jericho.

a. ark of the covenant