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

3. What is the title of the first act of the book of remembrances?
(a) Reassurance.
(b) Remrriage.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Fire.

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

5. What approach to life did John the Baptist see as the way to live a spiritual life?
(a) A big family.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Self-denial.

6. Where did Jesus say men in soft clothing lived?
(a) Castles.
(b) Sheds.
(c) Underground.
(d) Palaces.

7. What is the name of the Jerusalem man the author calls righteous and devout?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Simeon.
(d) David.

8. Which of the following words does the author define in this section?
(a) Commensality.
(b) Bonhomie.
(c) Societal.
(d) Dinkled.

9. How does Mark say the spirit descended from the sky?
(a) Like a swan.
(b) Like a gull.
(c) Like a heron.
(d) Like a dove.

10. What famous Jew king lived in Bethlehem?
(a) Luke.
(b) David.
(c) Herod.
(d) James.

11. How does Matthew say Joseph responded to hearing that his wife was pregnant?
(a) He left for Egypt.
(b) He asked for God's help.
(c) He broke down in tears.
(d) He told her he wanted a divorce.

12. What is the name of the barren couple in Genesis?
(a) Sarah and Abraham.
(b) Hannah and Elkanah.
(c) Mary and Joseph.
(d) Jacob and Rachel.

13. Who ordered John the Baptist's death?
(a) Nero.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Antipas.
(d) Caesar.

14. 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.

15. Which of Jesus' disciples talks about his baptism?
(a) Mark.
(b) Luke.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Simon.