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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, A Tale of Two Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Pharoah order their soldiers to throw the Israelites' babies?
(a) In the river.
(b) In the snake pit.
(c) In the sea.
(d) In the lion caves.

2. Which Roman Emperor had a birthday on the 23rd of September?
(a) Circero.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Augustus.

3. What country did Jesus flee for?
(a) Persia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Israel.
(d) Egypt.

4. What aristocratic Jewish historian does the author draw on to examine the Greco-Roman period?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Simon.
(d) Circero.

5. What does the name Emmanuel mean?
(a) Be happy with what you have.
(b) God is great.
(c) Jesus died for us.
(d) God is with us.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do scholars know that Jesus was not middle-class?

2. What famous Jew king lived in Bethlehem?

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

4. Where does Celsus say religion took its root?

5. What does the Hebrew word Almah mean in English?

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