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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was anyone who opposed the law in Jesus' time considered to be?
(a) Heroic.
(b) A traitor.
(c) A blasphemer or heretic.
(d) A thief.

2. Sanders says that today we would see many of Jesus' conflicts with the law as what?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Serious.
(c) Unimaginable.
(d) Trivial.

3. Who is the one ruler that is always present in Heaven?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Moses.
(d) God.

4. Who was accountable only to God?
(a) The apostles.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The people.
(d) Jesus' followers.

5. Opposition of the law was a basis for major conflict between the government of Jesus' time and what group?
(a) The apostles.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) The people.
(d) The Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sanders say God calls his people to do?

2. What kind of life did Jesus say the apostles would have in return for their sacrifice?

3. Why do scholars say one of the apostles would not have been rewarded?

4. What type of perfectionism is discussed in Chapter 13?

5. According to Sanders, a man who divorces and remarries is considered what?

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