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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, What He Left Behind: Chapter 12, Ascension: A Blank Blue Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jesus command Jairus's daughter to come back to life?
(a) "Rise, and be well!"
(b) "Satan, get behind thee."
(c) "My child, get up!"
(d) "She is only asleep."

2. For Yancey, what was Jesus obscured by in the churches he grew up in?
(a) Modern music and loose morals.
(b) Evangelical fervor.
(c) Racism, intolerance, and petty legalism.
(d) American politics.

3. According to Yancey, what kind of man was Tolstoy?
(a) Simply a bundle of joy and hope.
(b) A deeply unhappy man.
(c) A great friend, husband, and sweetheart to all.
(d) The best father ever.

4. What is unusual about the disease of leprosy?
(a) A leper feels no physical pain.
(b) Leprosy only occurs in hot climates.
(c) Lepers lose the ability to sing.
(d) There is no cause.

5. Who wrote the Japanese novel Silence?
(a) John Banto.
(b) Phil Yancey.
(c) Andy Bain.
(d) Shusako Endo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yancey give up as a result of the Sermon on the Mount?

2. Who is in power in Palestine when Jesus is born?

3. How many Jews live in the Roman Empire in the first century?

4. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?

5. When are the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumram?

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