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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book "Antiquities of the Jews?"
(a) Moses.
(b) Pilate.
(c) Josephus.
(d) Sanders.

2. Around what year does the author believe Jesus was born?
(a) 15 B.C.E.
(b) 1 C.E.
(c) 1 B.C.E.
(d) 5 B.C.E.

3. What does Sanders say Jesus may have been able to do if he'd been sentenced to serve the punishment the law called for for his crime?
(a) Get someone else to take the punishment for him.
(b) Run away.
(c) Talk his way out of it.
(d) Pay Pilate not to do it.

4. Between what dates do scholars accept that Jesus was crucified?
(a) Between 5 and 7 C.E.
(b) Between 35 and 40 C.E.
(c) 29 and 31 C.E.
(d) Between 10 B.C.E. and 1 C.E.

5. What scene of conflict was Jesus never convicted for due to a variance in testimonies?
(a) Healing the sick.
(b) The scene at the Temple.
(c) The Last Supper.
(d) Blasphemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did people begin to examine the history of Jesus?

2. Who wrote the Gospels?

3. What mention of the crucifixion of Jesus is contained in the Roman archives?

4. The author states that, unlike figures such as Thomas Jefferson or Winston Churchill, what are the people in this book considered to be?

5. There is no evidence that the disciples did what after joining Jesus?

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