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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Revelations, who was found worthy enough to open the seven seals?
(a) Moses.
(b) The lamb.
(c) Man.
(d) Jesus.

2. What is the term for "a small group of writings believes to have been written by bishops and others" who knew the apostles?
(a) Apostolic Fathers.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Successions.
(d) Martyrdoms.

3. When does Mack claim most of the works discussed in Chapter 8 were written?
(a) The second, third, and fourth centuries.
(b) The first century.
(c) The fifth century.
(d) The eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries.

4. What does the gospel of Matthew argue Jesus' teachings were based on?
(a) The gospel of Luke.
(b) The gospel of Mark.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The gospel of Q.

5. What is contained in 1 Clement?
(a) An admonishment to Corinth congregations.
(b) Sayings of Jesus.
(c) Instructions for congregations.
(d) The story of Jesus.

6. What does Mack claim about Justin's treatise to the Jews?
(a) No Jew ever listened to it.
(b) No one ever read it.
(c) Justin never wrote it.
(d) It was made up by the Jews.

7. How did early Christians think of their world?
(a) As a cosmos.
(b) As a social formation.
(c) As a kingdom of God.
(d) As a tomb.

8. What does Mack claim both Marcion and Valentinus offered?
(a) A new way to view God.
(b) An ancient way to view God.
(c) A revised way to view God.
(d) A way to avoid God.

9. Who does Mack argue at the end of Chapter 8 became the beloved disciple?
(a) John.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Mark.
(d) Paul.

10. What does Mack claim was added to John 19:35?
(a) A witness who saw blood come out of Jesus.
(b) A witness who saw Jesus rise.
(c) A witness who saw Jesus turn water to wine.
(d) A witness who saw blood and water come out of Jesus.

11. How did Luke portray Jesus?
(a) The manifestation of obedience to the spirit.
(b) A wandering prophet.
(c) A teacher of the Torah.
(d) A powerful deity.

12. What does Mack argue the Gospel of Matthew is a document for?
(a) The Christ cult.
(b) Jewish Christianity.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

13. Who does Mack claim most of the sermons in the Acts of the Apostles are written for?
(a) Roman rulers.
(b) Pharisees.
(c) Jews.
(d) Christians.

14. Why does Mack argue Jesus' death is qualitatively different from all other deaths of the prophets?
(a) Jesus was the enemy of the state.
(b) Jesus was a martyr.
(c) Jesus was the son of God.
(d) Jesus was immortal.

15. What do the sermons in the Acts attempt to do?
(a) Validate the authority of the disciples.
(b) Validate the claims of Jesus.
(c) Validate God.
(d) Validate the rights of the Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Justin claim the Greek philosophers received their wisdom?

2. What was the shift in mythmaking, according to Mack, that occurred at the turn of the second century?

3. How many miracles occur in the Gospel of John?

4. What list became the Christian Bible?

5. What does Mack claim is the point of the Letter of James?

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