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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Claiming Israel's Epic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mack argue John was worried about, which resulted in his authorship of Revelations?
(a) Persecution and execution.
(b) False teaching and sickness.
(c) False teachings and affliction.
(d) Sickness and affliction.

2. What does Mack believe the figure of Jesus became with the Pronouncement Stories?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A mystic.
(d) Interpreter of the law.

3. Where did the Jesus movement begin their change to the Christ cult?
(a) Eastern Syria.
(b) Northern Syria.
(c) Southern Syria.
(d) Western Syria.

4. What does Mack claim is Mark's greatest achievement?
(a) That he succeeded in publishing his work.
(b) That he succeeded in creating the origins for Christian imagination.
(c) That he succeeded in tying Jesus with Moses.
(d) That he succeeded in converting the Jews.

5. Who defended the centrist Christian position from those who challenged it?
(a) Marcion.
(b) Valentinus.
(c) Justin Martyr.
(d) Philo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gospel of Matthew argue Jesus' teachings were based on?

2. What did the temple at Jerusalem serve as, in terms of a symbol?

3. What role did women play in associations?

4. What does Mack suggest the taking up of residence in Jerusalem signifies for the group?

5. Who is the star from Chapter 13 to the end of the Acts of the Apostles?

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