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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words does the author use to describe John the Baptist's style of preaching?
(a) Soulful.
(b) Apocalyptic.
(c) Deathly.
(d) Desperate.

2. What does the author say Jesus' use of the word poor more accurately translates into?
(a) Destitute.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Impoverished.

3. What does divi filius translate as?
(a) Son of a divine one.
(b) Beast of Burden.
(c) Child of the Angels.
(d) Devil Foetus.

4. Which of the following did Jesus see as something that oppressed people?
(a) Medicine
(b) Family.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

5. How do scholars know that Jesus was not middle-class?
(a) Jesus was born into poverty.
(b) There was no middle-class in ancient societies.
(c) Carpenters could only be members of the working-class.
(d) Jesus was a king.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Moses lead the Israelites out of the desert?

2. Who was assassinated on 44 B.C.E?

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

4. What was Josephus in charge of in the First Roman-Jewish war?

5. Who did Josephus defend to Nero in 64 C.E.?

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