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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did people think a child had to have been acknowledged by to be someone?
(a) Herod.
(b) His mother.
(c) Caesar.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

5. What aristocratic Jewish historian does the author draw on to examine the Greco-Roman period?
(a) Circero.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Josephus.
(d) Simon.

6. Who does the author claim inspired Jesus' teachings?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) God.
(d) Luke.

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

8. Which of the disciples is the only one to mention Jesus being a carpenter?
(a) Luke.
(b) Mark.
(c) John.
(d) Simon.

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

10. Who did Jesus imply is responsible for the suffering of the destitute?
(a) The rich.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The poor.
(d) The government.

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

12. Where was John before he appeared publicly to Israel?
(a) The wilderness.
(b) Rome.
(c) Prison.
(d) Britain.

13. What does Virgil say clothes the lambs as the graze?
(a) Wool.
(b) Vermilion.
(c) Gold dust.
(d) Angel dust.

14. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) The Birth of a Messiah.
(b) A Tale of Two Gods.
(c) Born in a Cow Shed.
(d) Godlike Reason.

15. What sea does the author describe as cruel and beautiful?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Indian Sea.
(c) The North Sea.
(d) The Dead Sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following words does the author define in this section?

4. Which of the following did Jesus not see as an oppressing force?

5. Who does Matthew say Jesus escaped from as a child?

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