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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the tribe Anna was from?
(a) Roulette.
(b) Cashed.
(c) Asher.
(d) Hombo.

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

4. What concept does the quote talk about at the beginning of this section?
(a) Aesops.
(b) Basileia.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Aenos.

5. What power lines does the author say Jesus wanted to break down?
(a) Male and age defined power.
(b) Class power.
(c) Governmental power.
(d) Atheist power.

6. Who did Josephus defend to Nero in 64 C.E.?
(a) Jesus.
(b) His brother Jacob.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Priests.

7. What does the author call Jesus' principles of true freedom?
(a) Radius Linkage.
(b) Social anthropology.
(c) Commensality.
(d) Radical egalitarianism.

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

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

10. Complete the following sentence from Virgil's poem the Aenei: "Roman, remember by your strength to..."
(a) Love.
(b) Succeed.
(c) Rule.
(d) Laugh.

11. What was Josephus in charge of in the First Roman-Jewish war?
(a) The zealots.
(b) The revolt in Galilee.
(c) The revolt in Bethlehem.
(d) The blacksmiths.

12. What kind of seed did Jesus once compare the Kingdom of God to?
(a) The mustard seed.
(b) The poppy seed.
(c) The pumpkin seed.
(d) The apple seed.

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

14. What did Jesus believe about individuals?
(a) They all had the power to change.
(b) They are all people of God.
(c) They all had something good inside.
(d) They all have the ability to love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first emperor of the Roman empire?

2. What sea does the author describe as cruel and beautiful?

3. What does the author say was pure fiction about Luke's story?

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

5. Which Jesus does the author say he is trying to locate?

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