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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Fragments From the Christ Cult.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group makes up the fifth of the Jesus Movements?
(a) The Pillars in Jerusalem
(b) The disciples of Thomas.
(c) The People of Q.
(d) The Jewish.

2. What does Mack claim is the link that gives the Christian Bible logic and force?
(a) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the Catholic Church.
(b) The link between the Protestant Bible and the Apocrypha.
(c) The link between the Jewish temple, and the New Testament.
(d) The link between the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, and the New Testament.

3. Where did Rome place its power in the second and first centuries?
(a) In its field commanders.
(b) In its priests.
(c) In its politicians.
(d) In its laborers.

4. What is contained in the Gospel of Thomas?
(a) Stories of creation.
(b) Stories of the disciples.
(c) The myth of the resurrection.
(d) The sayings of Jesus.

5. Why were issues such as homosexuality a source of cultural conflict?
(a) It was not accepted by any culture.
(b) It was unheard of in any culture.
(c) It was accepted by one culture, and rejected by another.
(d) It was accepted by all cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack claim the Bible was important by the end of the fourth century?

2. Where was Jesus from?

3. What does the term Judeo-Christian mean?

4. What does Mack claim the Christ hymn was the result of?

5. Why does Mack call the Christ cult the first Christians?

(see the answer key)

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