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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, How Many Years Was Easter Sunday?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Jesus was a king.
(d) Carpenters could only be members of the working-class.

2. Why does the author think the Christians are uneasy with the idea that John baptized Jesus?
(a) It goes against the claim that Jesus was afraid of water.
(b) It makes Jesus sound sinful.
(c) It makes John sound like a prophet.
(d) It makes Jesus seem human.

3. What is the title of Part Two?
(a) Eartly vs Heavenly Power.
(b) A Kingdom of Nuiscances and Nobodies,
(c) Lambs of the World.
(d) The Jordan is Not Just Water.

4. What did Jesus teach that the Kingdom of God was?
(a) Alien.
(b) Regal.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Earthly.

5. Complete the following title: "First Fruits of Them that..."
(a) Sleep.
(b) Sneeze.
(c) Die.
(d) Laugh.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does one Biblical story say that Jesus cast out of human beings?

4. In which city was Josephus born?

5. What does the author think that Jesus' casting out of demons is a metaphor for?

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