Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

John Dominic Crossan
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Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

John Dominic Crossan
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the following title: "From Fasting to..."
(a) Fun.
(b) Feasting.
(c) Love in.
(d) Baptism.

2. Who ruled Judea from 37 to 4 B.C.E?
(a) Josephus.
(b) Herod.
(c) David.
(d) Jacob.

3. What was the name of Celsus' book that attacked religion?
(a) Karma Down.
(b) True Doctrine.
(c) One God No Way.
(d) Free the People.

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

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

6. In which country was the gospel of Thomas found?
(a) France.
(b) Egypt.
(c) England.
(d) Israel.

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

8. What war was fought in 66 C.E.?
(a) The Gulf War.
(b) First Roman-Jewish War.
(c) World War Two.
(d) Second Roman-Jewish War.

9. In which city was Josephus born?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) New York.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Jerusalem.

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

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

12. What does Res Gestae Divi Augusti translate as?
(a) The Reign of the Divine Augustus.
(b) Petty Arguments at Dwan.
(c) Achievements of the Divine Augustus.
(d) Summer Days in Augustus.

13. Who did John the Baptist call the Lamb of God?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mark.
(c) Luke.
(d) Jordan.

14. What is the English translation of the German word quelle?
(a) Prehistoric.
(b) Pity.
(c) Source.
(d) Religion.

15. What is the title of Part Three?
(a) In the Beginning Is the Body.
(b) The Kingdom of God Is Near.
(c) Religious Orientation.
(d) A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the first vector?

3. What country did Jesus flee for?

4. What concept does the quote talk about at the beginning of this section?

5. Where did Jesus say men in soft clothing lived?

(see the answer keys)

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