View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John before he appeared publicly to Israel?
(a) Prison.
(b) Britain.
(c) Rome.
(d) The wilderness.

2. Who ruled during basileia?
(a) The Celts.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Greco-Romans.

3. What do Matthew and Luke both agree on in their testaments?
(a) Jesus escaped to Egypt.
(b) The virginial conception of Jesus.
(c) Jesus walking upon water.
(d) Jesus rising from the dead.

4. Who did John the Baptist call the Lamb of God?
(a) Luke.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jesus.

5. What is the title of the other book the author wrote about Jesus in 1991?
(a) The Last Testament Of Christ.
(b) The Passion of Christ: A Doctumentary.
(c) Cross on A Hill: Jesus's Last Hours.
(d) The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say Jesus' use of the word poor more accurately translates into?

2. In which town was Jesus said to be born?

3. How do scholars know that Jesus was not middle-class?

4. In which river did John baptize Jesus?

5. What aristocratic Jewish historian does the author draw on to examine the Greco-Roman period?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 209 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample