The Pentateuch Test

What is the Decalogue?

• A tablet of ancient pagan laws

• The Ten Commandments

• The name for the plagues sent upon Egypt

• Another name for the Pentateuch

When Moses encounters God in the burning bush, what does God say His name is?

• Jehovah

• God

• I AM

• The Lord

Before God revealed his name to Moses, how did the Israelites refer to God?

• The Lord

• The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

• The God of Moses

• The God of Canaan

A solemn agreement between God and human being in which a mutual commitment is made is a

• covenant

• contract

• decalogue

• sacrament

How many laws did the Jewish people have (and are found in the Pentateuch)?

• 10

• 72

• 144

• 613

What is the Pentateuch?

• Another name for the covenant

• The Ten Commandments

• The first five books of the Old Testament

• An earlier form of the celebration of Pentecost

Which of the following is NOT part of the three collections of codes of the Jewish people found in the Pentateuch?

• The Deuteronomic Codes

• The Sinai Code

• The Levitical Code

• The Covenant Code

The Ten Commandments are a reflection of

• the freedom from slavery

• the order of creation

• love: love of God and love of neighbor.

• the superiority of God

What is the first thing the Israelites do after the crossing of the Red Sea to freedom?

• They complain that they have no food

• They sing praise to God

• They build an idol of gold

• They stop to rest

Which of the following books talks about God's holiness and our need to be made pure and to avoid impure foods and things. It also includes the seven ritual feasts, which retell the story of how God redeemed the Israelites from slavery and brought them through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land.

• Exodus

• Leviticus

• Numbers

• Deuteronomy