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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. What crop did the Gedeo people grow?
(a) Maize.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Rice.
(d) Coffee.

2. What was the name of Melchizedek's city?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Salem.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Bethlehem.

3. Who wrote the book "The Lives of Eminent Philosophers"?
(a) Diogenes Laertius.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Diordorus Siculus.
(d) Timaeus.

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

5. What was the name of the country where Abram went when he left his homeland?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Canaan.
(c) Assyria.
(d) Libya.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years in the future did Epimenides prophesy a Persian army would come against Athens?

2. According to Richardson, how many of the world's folk religions acknowledged at least the existence of God?

3. Who was an Old Testament hero who sought God's will by using a fleece?

4. What did Melchizedek's name mean?

5. Near what bay was the ship that Nicias took to fetch Epimenides?

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