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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term replaced "disciples"?
(a) Acolytes.
(b) Followers.
(c) Cultists.
(d) Apostles.

2. What does Mack claim are the building blocks of the Gospel of John?
(a) The references to Mark.
(b) The miracle stories.
(c) The proclamation stories.
(d) The references to Q.

3. What does Mark's gospel do to the disciples that the story of Q did not?
(a) Worships them.
(b) Kills them.
(c) Ignores them.
(d) Names them.

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

5. Why are the Epistles of Peter and Jude called the Catholic epistles?
(a) They were letters of the Catholic disciples.
(b) They were specific to the Catholic church.
(c) They were addressed to Christians in general.
(d) They were addressed to the Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack believe the authors intended to convey by having Peter and James defend Paul's ideas about Jewish law?

2. What were the disciple teachers known as?

3. What does Mack argue the author of the letters to the Hebrews is saying?

4. What did Justin argue to the Romans about Christianity?

5. How did Luke portray Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mack's argument about why John wrote Revelations?

2. What two strong desires drove Christianity?

3. Describe Matthew's depiction of Jesus.

4. What are the major points of the sermons contained in the Acts, according to Mack?

5. Explain the conversion of Constantine, and why it was pivotal in the creation of the Bible.

6. Describe Mack's observations about James as an author in the first three centuries.

7. What are the four types of miracle interpretation occurring in the Gospel of John?

8. What are the significant differences between the Pauline and Johannine traditions, as discussed by Mack in chapter 8?

9. What was Valentinus' story of the tragedy of the birth of the world?

10. What were the four ways of reading the scripture that supported the Christian inclusion of Jewish scripture in their religion?

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