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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Documentary Evidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creates doubt regarding the authorship of the Gospel of John?
(a) If Saul changed his name to Paul, he likely went by John as well.
(b) At one point in a verse, it makes reference to John.
(c) There are three Johns, and no one knows which one wrote it.
(d) Reference to the apostle John and John the Elder.

2. What are the three parts into which the author chooses to break the book?
(a) Study, discuss, evaluate.
(b) Question, study, and focus.
(c) Interview, listen, and read.
(d) Examine, analyze, and research.

3. According to Blomberg's example, why did people memorize the Old Testament?
(a) Because they were instructed to do so.
(b) There was nothing else for entertainment.
(c) Because they were very intelligent.
(d) Histories were passed down orally.

4. What advantage does Metzger cite for the New Testament?
(a) It has been translated only twice.
(b) It is newer than the old one is.
(c) An unprecidented number of copies.
(d) It actually dates to the right time period.

5. Which elements are to blame for inconsistencies in the gospels, according to Blomberg?
(a) Paraphrase, abridgment, explanatory additions, selection, and omission.
(b) Personal differences and priorities.
(c) The limited means of communications and the lack of mass-produced books.
(d) Fire, ice, water, and air.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of eyewitness accounts does Strobel seek?

2. Which centuries decided almost unanimously which books to include in the New Testament?

3. How does the eyewitness discussed in Chapter 1, Part 1 save his own life?

4. Of the disciples, how many of the remaining 11 willingly met torturous deaths rather than recant their beliefs?

5. What is the Q source?

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