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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What typifies the Sadducees?
(a) Physically active, liked games and sports.
(b) Large gregarious families with many parties and celebrations.
(c) Sad and lonely people.
(d) Collaborated with Greeks and Romans.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?
(a) God's own son.
(b) Nice Guy.
(c) Good teacher.
(d) Good friend.

3. Who does the German Christian Church admire in 1933?
(a) Jim Jones.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) David Koresh.
(d) Helmut Thielicke.

4. How does Albert Schweitzer interpret the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Guidelines that are not practical.
(b) Fanciful thoughts of an innocent man.
(c) Interim demands for unusual times.
(d) Misquotes and mistaken translations.

5. Where are the headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible translators?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New York City.

6. What does Satan get from the Temptation episode?
(a) A partner in crime.
(b) Free reign to keep doing what he wants.
(c) Power over Jesus.
(d) Victory over God's will.

7. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) Profound and humbling.
(b) Humorous and silly.
(c) They find it offensive and absurd.
(d) It changed their lives for the better.

8. Who is in power in Palestine when Jesus is born?
(a) Antiochus.
(b) Galilee the Wise.
(c) The council of Hosea.
(d) Herod the Great.

9. Where is the Sermon on the Mount in the Bible?
(a) Matthew 5-7.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Revelations 31.
(d) John 1.

10. What is Jesus' s first official act as an adult?
(a) Becoming an official rabbi.
(b) Raising Lazarus from the dead.
(c) Meeting Satan in the wilderness.
(d) Writing the book of John.

11. How many people are killed in the earthquake of 31 B.C. in Palestine?
(a) 300.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 150.
(d) 2 million.

12. What does Ivan Karamazov write?
(a) Jesus, Son of God.
(b) "The Grand Inquisitor" poem.
(c) The Brothers Karamozov.
(d) Fifth symphony in Bflat.

13. Who writes So Long, Sweet Jesus?
(a) H. G. Wells.
(b) Bill Milliken.
(c) Billy Graham.
(d) Richard Nixon.

14. How many books does Jacob Neusner write?
(a) 3.
(b) 22.
(c) 500.
(d) 15.

15. Where did Henry Nouwen begin to work at the height of his writing career?
(a) Zondervan.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Eastern College.
(d) Daybreak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?

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

3. How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew?

4. Who is the treasurer for Jesus's disciples?

5. What does Yancey do for snowbound weeks in Colorado?

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