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

2. What do Peter and Judas have in common?
(a) They both betrayed Jesus.
(b) Related by blood, cousins.
(c) They had nothing in common.
(d) They were both very old.

3. What does Yancey learn from the kitten's death?
(a) Death is irreversible.
(b) Life isn't fair.
(c) We are all fragile.
(d) There aren't always answers.

4. What does a leper in Jesus's time have to call out?
(a) "Leprosy!"
(b) "Unclean!"
(c) "Make way!"
(d) "Help!"

5. What does Jesus say when Pilate asks him if he is the King of the Jews?
(a) "With God's help, I will be."
(b) "I am, so step aside and let me rule."
(c) "My kingdom has come, prepare to be dismissed."
(d) "My kingdom is not of this world."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jesus departs, where does he leave the keys to the kingdom, according to Yancey?

2. How long is Jesus with the disciples between the Resurrection and Ascension?

3. What miracle is the last great "sign"?

4. What do modern Christians call the final week of Jesus?

5. What does Yancey say the epicenter of the disciples belief is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Yancey think Jesus wanted to leave?

2. What did the Zealots want to do in the 1st century?

3. What does Jesus's death on the cross bridge, theologically speaking?

4. What is ironic about Jesus entering into Jerusalem on a donkey?

5. What does Yancey notice about the last parables that Jesus tells?

6. What does Jesus say about the woman who comes into the respectable house of Simon and wipes Jesus's feet with her hair?

7. What does Jesus say to Pilate when asked if he is the King of the Jews?

8. What does Yancey say about how Easter affects who Jesus is for us?

9. What did the Pharisees of Jesus's day think of him?

10. What is the one miracle that is in all four biblical gospels?

(see the answer keys)

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