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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Clashing Cultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did early people think their society was based on?
(a) The model of the universe.
(b) The model of the Jewish state.
(c) The model of the Church.
(d) The model of the gods.

2. What does Mack claim about the authors of the sections in the New Testament?
(a) They are not the people each section is attributed to.
(b) They were descendants of Jesus.
(c) They are the people each section is attributed to.
(d) They were uneducated militants, rebelling against the Church.

3. Where was Jesus from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Israel.
(d) Greece.

4. Why does Mack claim the Bible is constantly consulted?
(a) People require it for their faith.
(b) It is the only book of God.
(c) It is highly important to religious institutions.
(d) It is important to our politicians.

5. What two words came to represent the debate between power and the divine law of nature?
(a) King and tyrant.
(b) Power and nature.
(c) Nature and tyrants.
(d) Priests and rulers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mack claim groups are forming outside the boundaries of religion to study the Bible?

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

3. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?

4. What does Carsten Thiede claim about the Magdalen fragments?

5. What concept was important to the Jewish temple-state, the Greek polis, and the Roman system of government?

(see the answer key)

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