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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what parable is a son who leaves home welcomed back while his loyal brother is ignored?
(a) The Perfect Son.
(b) The Lost Sheep.
(c) The Mustard Seed.
(d) The Prodigal Son.

2. Some people believe that Jesus' ability to perform miracles is proof that he was what?
(a) The fulfillment of a prophecy.
(b) God.
(c) A divine being.
(d) Egotistical.

3. Whose experiences of conflict with the law does Sanders go into great detail about?
(a) John the Baptist's.
(b) Judas'.
(c) Jesus' and the disciples'.
(d) Paul's.

4. What did Jesus say people who followed him would come to know?
(a) Everything.
(b) The angels.
(c) God's plan.
(d) The kingdom of Heaven.

5. Which of the Gospels was focuses on Jesus' miracles?
(a) Mark.
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) John.

6. In Jesus' time, what was the rule of law considered to be?
(a) A dictatorship.
(b) Divine law.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) An ever-changing system.

7. Whom were the apostles accountable to?
(a) God.
(b) No one.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Jesus.

8. What did Jesus tell his followers to sacrifice?
(a) Their money.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Lambs.
(d) Everything.

9. Which apostle do scholars say would not have been rewarded?
(a) Judas.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) Thomas.

10. In Chapter 15, what does Sanders say that some people believe Jesus did in his preaching that was a very inappropriate practice?
(a) Gave himself a title.
(b) Told people to gather wealth.
(c) Told people to break laws.
(d) Performed miracles.

11. What does Mark point out that Jesus could have done with his ability to perform miracles?
(a) Become rich and famous.
(b) Cured all disease.
(c) Punished people he disliked.
(d) Gotten out of his execution.

12. The laws of what area are discussed in Chapter 14?
(a) Galilee.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Jerusalem.

13. What aspect of life is it clear will not be the same in Heaven?
(a) Day-to-day living.
(b) Governing.
(c) Love.
(d) Working.

14. What does Sanders refer to reversal of values as?
(a) Ethical perfectionism.
(b) Methodism.
(c) Parables.
(d) Unpredictability of God.

15. Why do scholars say one of the apostles would not have been rewarded?
(a) He doubted Jesus.
(b) He betrayed Jesus.
(c) He did not attend the Last Supper.
(d) He hid after Jesus was crucified.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were miracle workers probably treated in ancient times?

2. The meaning of what title has changed greatly since Jesus' time?

3. Opposition of the law was a basis for major conflict between the government of Jesus' time and what group?

4. According to Jesus, who would be given rule over the tribes of Israel?

5. What phrase does Sanders attempt to define in Chapter 11?

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