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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: A World Prepared for the Gospel, The Melchizedek Factor; Chapter 1: Peoples of the Vague God, pp. 37-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many gods did Athens have?
(a) Around fifty.
(b) Over five hundred.
(c) At least several hundred.
(d) About three hundred.

2. What name for God was used by Melchizedek?
(a) El Elyon.
(b) Adonai.
(c) Jehovah.
(d) El-Shaddai.

3. Who was an Old Testament hero who sought God's will by using a fleece?
(a) David.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Gideon.
(d) Samson

4. What was the name of the hill where Epimenides met council members with the sheep, stones, and stonemason?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pnyx.
(c) Areopagus.
(d) Lycabettus.

5. According to Richardson, how many of the world's folk religions acknowledged at least the existence of God?
(a) Fifteen percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Seventy-five percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many baptisms a day would have boggled the minds of European clerics?

2. In what book of the Bible is the account of Abram?

3. What country were Brant and Cain from?

4. Who gave the Athenian council advice on how to deal with a plague?

5. What name for God did Abram use?

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