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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Jordan is Not Just Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does the author say history is more complex than?
(a) Geography.
(b) Physics.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Language.

2. What was Josephus in charge of in the First Roman-Jewish war?
(a) The zealots.
(b) The blacksmiths.
(c) The revolt in Galilee.
(d) The revolt in Bethlehem.

3. Who baptized Jesus?
(a) Moses.
(b) Luke.
(c) Herod.
(d) John.

4. Why did Herod have a grudge against John the Baptist?
(a) He told him it was wrong to have his brother's wife.
(b) He told him his family descended from the lower classes.
(c) He told him it was wrong to keep slaves.
(d) He told him he was a boring, humorless man.

5. What does Virgil say clothes the lambs as the graze?
(a) Gold dust.
(b) Angel dust.
(c) Wool.
(d) Vermilion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mark say the spirit descended from the sky?

2. What aristocratic Jewish historian does the author draw on to examine the Greco-Roman period?

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

4. Who does Matthew say Jesus escaped from as a child?

5. In which country was the gospel of Thomas found?

(see the answer key)

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