Title: Chapter 01: Multiple Choice Questions: How Shall We Read the Bible?
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Which type of criticism attempts to determine the “author” of the text and that author’s intentions?
- form criticism
- source criticism
- tradition history
- narrative criticism
A: source criticism

Q: Which type of criticism searches for the text’s meaning through the circumstances of the reader and his or her values and beliefs?
- rhetorical criticism
- canonical criticism
- source criticism
- reader response criticism
A: reader response criticism

Q: Which type of criticism studies how and why the biblical text was compiled or edited together?
- rhetorical criticism
- redaction criticism
- canonical criticism
- tradition history
A: redaction criticism

Q: What is the term used to describe the ways a text persuasively communicates its message?
- redaction
- reception
- rhetoric
- revelation
A: rhetoric

Q: Which type of criticism would you be practicing if you were paying careful attention to issues such as character, plot development, and point of view?
- narrative criticism
- canonical criticism
- rhetorical criticism
- source criticism
A: narrative criticism

Q: Which type of criticism seeks to determine when, why, and by whom the layers of Scripture were considered authoritative?
- form criticism
- canonical criticism
- source criticism
- reader response criticism
A: canonical criticism

Q: Which type of criticism studies key themes and their development in the Old Testament?
- canonical criticism
- form criticism
- tradition history
- narrative criticism
A: tradition history

Q: Which type of criticism uses literary classifications such as hymns, laments, and sagas to organize the study of the biblical text?
- form criticism
- narrative criticism
- canonical criticism
- source criticism
A: form criticism