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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, In the Beginning Is the Body.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jesus believe about individuals?
(a) They all have the ability to love.
(b) They are all people of God.
(c) They all had something good inside.
(d) They all had the power to change.

2. What does the author say was pure fiction about Luke's story?
(a) Jesus having a last supper.
(b) Mary being a virgin.
(c) Jesus being born in a manger.
(d) Mary and Jospeh's journey to Nazareth.

3. Who ruled during basileia?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Greco-Romans.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Celts.

4. What are the two traditional spiritual responses to evil in the world?
(a) The sane and the insane.
(b) The hate-filled and the love-filled.
(c) The economic and the illogical.
(d) The miraculous and the revolutionary.

5. Who does Celus claim was Jesus' legitimate father?
(a) A Roman politician.
(b) An African slave.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) A Roman soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Jesus does the author say he is trying to locate?

2. What did Jesus teach that heaven was not?

3. Complete the following title: "The Apocalyptic..."

4. How does Matthew say Joseph responded to hearing that his wife was pregnant?

5. Where was John before he appeared publicly to Israel?

(see the answer key)

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