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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem did Paul define as the human problem?
(a) Pride.
(b) The power of sin.
(c) The power of false idols.
(d) Greed.

2. Which of the layers of Q is least embellished?
(a) The third.
(b) The fifth.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

3. What feature of the Jerusalem group allows readers to build a profile?
(a) The leaders' home states are known.
(b) The leaders' political ambitions are known.
(c) The leaders' names are known.
(d) The leaders' religions are known.

4. Where does evidence for the Christ cult come from?
(a) Letters of Paul written in the 50s.
(b) The Sayings of Q.
(c) The Gospel of Thomas.
(d) The Dead Sea Scrolls.

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

6. What role did women play in associations?
(a) Women played no role in associations.
(b) Women played the role of caretaker to the association.
(c) Women served as members, patrons, and leaders.
(d) Women played a role supportive to the men.

7. What does Mack note is mythmaking on a cosmic scale, in terms of the Christ hymn in Philippians 2:6-11?
(a) The reference to Jesus as son of God.
(b) The reference to Jesus as a martyr.
(c) The reference to Jesus as lord.
(d) The concept of Jesus as a religious leader.

8. What does Mack note causes some of the differences between the stories of the New Testament?
(a) They were written by the same person over the course of time.
(b) They were written by different people of the same group.
(c) They were written by different people from different groups.
(d) They were written by one person, posing as different people.

9. What was contained in the "Jefferson Bible"?
(a) Only the Books of the Prophets.
(b) Only the teachings of Jesus.
(c) Only the sections prior to the New Testament.
(d) Only the creation myths.

10. 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.

11. Why does Mack state that people become silent when confronted with Biblical information?
(a) There is too much public knowledge about the Bible.
(b) People have too much time invested in the study of the Bible.
(c) There is little public knowledge about the Bible.
(d) People are afraid to be incorrect in their interpretations of the Bible.

12. What two Gods from different cultures were seen to be the same?
(a) Philo and Alexandria.
(b) Athena and Zeus.
(c) Osiris and Isis.
(d) Hermes and Thoth.

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

14. How many layers of the Gospel Q exist?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty.

15. Why does Mack believe the stories in the New Testament were chosen to be included?
(a) They produce a history that seems cohesive.
(b) They are believed to be written by the prophets.
(c) They are the most interesting.
(d) They are the only stories found of the time of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Jesus movement begin their change to the Christ cult?

2. What was Paul's first argument against the idea that Christians should practice Jewish law?

3. Why does Mack claim Columbus studied the Bible?

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

5. In the temple-state model of civilization, what system does the priest represent?

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