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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the document by Publius Lentulus forged?
(a) 60.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1514.
(d) 1313.

2. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?
(a) Political agendas.
(b) Lack of language knowledge.
(c) No historical understanding.
(d) Flash forward analysis.

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

4. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?
(a) By charging tuition for their classes.
(b) Off the gifts of appreciative listeners.
(c) The state of Israel supports them.
(d) By publishing books.

5. According to Yancey, why are older black people happier than older white people?
(a) White people worry more.
(b) Black people tend to believe in heaven.
(c) Whites take less care of their elders.
(d) Blacks are healthier.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?

2. Where is the Sermon on the Mount in the Bible?

3. How old is Jesus when he dies?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?

5. What does Yancey find remarkable about Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience did Yancey have that began to change his understanding of Jesus?

2. What is the Temptation in the desert?

3. What does Yancey do with the extremism of Jesus?

4. What does Yancey say is the true meaning of Christmas?

5. What does Henri Nouwen do that is so unusual?

6. What may Satan have taken away from the confrontation with Jesus in the wilderness?

7. What is Jacob Neuser's primary objection to Jesus?

8. What is the Golden Rule?

9. Who is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson?

10. Why does Yancey find the Beatitudes so difficult?

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