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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yancey say the epicenter of the disciples belief is?
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Jesus's birth.
(c) Miracles of healing.
(d) Jesus's teaching.

2. Who is it that has applied the most layers of dirt and grime on Jesus?
(a) Unbelievers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Scholars.
(d) The church.

3. In Jesus's, day what were the Jews looking for?
(a) Military might.
(b) Biblical narrative.
(c) The end time and a Messiah to save them.
(d) Scientific knowledge.

4. What is the feeling of the resurrection stories in the Bible?
(a) Just what everyone expected.
(b) Sense of revenge against Romans.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Shock.

5. What do the Pharisees think of Jesus?
(a) True leader.
(b) Wise.
(c) Uncouth.
(d) Deeply intellectual.

6. What do the angels say to the disciples on the day of Ascension?
(a) "Fear not, the Lord is with you."
(b) "Hail, full of Grace, be at peace."
(c) "Why do you stand here looking into the sky?"
(d) "He is not here. He has risen."

7. What does Yancey think Easter makes Jesus?
(a) Powerful.
(b) More intelligent.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Dangerous.

8. What is Frederick Buechner struck by in reading about Jesus's appearances after the resurrection?
(a) Very few people saw him.
(b) Many people saw him.
(c) Unglamorous quality of it.
(d) Both men and women saw him.

9. What does Yancey say about human preoccupation with the "end times"?
(a) Jesus never promises an end time.
(b) Many ages and eras have believed the end was near.
(c) The disciples were the last to think about the end times.
(d) Now is the only time the concept of end times has appeared.

10. What did Constantine do that changed Christianity forever?
(a) Forced Europeans to accept Christ.
(b) Made Sunday the Sabbath.
(c) Wrote a treatise on why Christ matters.
(d) Legalized it and made it a state subsidized religion.

11. What did the 1st century Zealots want to do?
(a) Fight the Romans.
(b) Leave and start a new country in Africa.
(c) Take over the religious life of the Jews.
(d) Ascend into heaven.

12. Who writes the poem that opens Chapter 12?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) King David.
(d) Robert Byrns.

13. What does Yancey's father die of?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Polio.
(d) Cancer.

14. When Jesus departs, where does he leave the keys to the kingdom, according to Yancey?
(a) To his mother Mary.
(b) He doesn't leave any keys.
(c) In our fumbling hands.
(d) He gives it to Peter.

15. What did the first Christians stake everything on?
(a) A new religion.
(b) Paul's theology.
(c) Nothing, they were utterly lost.
(d) The Resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jesus feeds the crowd of 5000, what is his next miracle?

2. What for Yancey does the Old Testament underscore?

3. How often is the Most Holy Place entered by the High Priest?

4. What was Jesus's first miracle?

5. What is unusual about the disease of leprosy?

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