Title: Chapter 03: Multiple Choice Questions: Settlement in the Land
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Which of the following do the Israelites do upon entering Canaan?
- set up memorial stones
- circumcise the male members of the community
- celebrate Passover
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: Why are the Israelites unsuccessful in their first attempt to conquer the city of Ai?
- because they are outnumbered by the citizens of Ai
- because the Gibeonites trick them into worshiping idols before the battle
- because a member of the covenant community disobeys YHWH
- because they tried to use the same tactics they had used at Jericho
A: because a member of the covenant community disobeys YHWH

Q: The model for Israel’s emergence in the land of Canaan that George Mendenhall and Norman Gottwald proposed, which the story of the Gibeonites in the book of Joshua may support, involves
- military incursion
- gradual, peaceful infiltration
- peasant revolt by indigenous Canaanites who joined with Israel
- none of the above
A: peasant revolt by indigenous Canaanites who joined with Israel

Q: The Deuteronomic editors of Judges shaped the narratives to portray which of the following?
- the downward spiral of Israel’s covenant infidelity
- that the people’s sin will cause YHWH to abandon them
- that repentance is the means of renewing the covenant relationship
- both “a” and “c”
A: both “a” and “c”