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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jesus claim to have had following his baptism?
(a) A spiritual awakening.
(b) An out-of-body experience.
(c) A conversation with God.
(d) Divine powers.

2. What does A.D. stand for?
(a) After Death.
(b) Accepted Divinity.
(c) Anno Domini.
(d) After Divinity.

3. At one time, examining the life of Jesus was considered what?
(a) A sure way to Heaven.
(b) Mandatory.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) Sacrilegious.

4. Up to approximately what date does the author say he will discuss early theology?
(a) 12 B.C.E.
(b) 80 C.E.
(c) 30 C.E.
(d) 134 C.E.

5. According to Sanders, a man who divorces and remarries is considered what?
(a) A heretic.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) A blasphemer.
(d) An adulterer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author indicates that Jesus was born around the time of whose death?

2. What problem with the Gospels makes it hard to determine the date of Jesus' birth?

3. What religion was started after Jesus' resurrection?

4. How were the stories in the Gospels originally shared?

5. What does B.C.E stand for?

(see the answer key)

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