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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two traditional spiritual responses to evil in the world?
(a) The hate-filled and the love-filled.
(b) The miraculous and the revolutionary.
(c) The economic and the illogical.
(d) The sane and the insane.

2. What feast does the author talk about in Part Six?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Harvest.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Passover.

3. Who did Jesus say was traditionally the beneficiary of a man's success?
(a) The man's family.
(b) The man's boss.
(c) The upper-classes.
(d) The government.

4. What form of punishment does the author say was frequent in the ancient world?
(a) Stoning.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Starvation.

5. Who does the author say was not a robber?
(a) Barabbas.
(b) James the Just.
(c) Pilate.
(d) Judas.

6. What other disease does the author say attracted negative attention to its victims?
(a) Measles.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Cancer.

7. What does the author define disease as?
(a) An individual experience.
(b) A personal hell.
(c) A social stigma.
(d) A soul destroyer.

8. What does the author say the resurrection stories were based on?
(a) Jewish legend.
(b) New Testament prohecies.
(c) Greek legend.
(d) Old Testament prophecies.

9. Which of the following constraints does the author say Jesus lived under?
(a) Marraige.
(b) Gender.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

10. Why does the author claim Jesus' followers developed stories about what happened to Jesus' body?
(a) The couldn't accept the reality.
(b) They knew reality would not inspire people.
(c) They wanted to scare the Romans.
(d) They wanted to make out that Jesus would in some way live forever.

11. What miracle does the author talk about in this section?
(a) The fish and the loaves.
(b) Jesus walking on water.
(c) Raising Lazarus from the dead.
(d) Curing a leper.

12. Where was the unnamed woman from?
(a) Bethany.
(b) Jeruselum.
(c) Bethleham.
(d) Nazareth.

13. Complete the following title: "The Dogs Beneath the... "
(a) Hills.
(b) Altar.
(c) Gates.
(d) Cross.

14. Complete the following sentence: "for the faith that was there before, despite, or even because of..."
(a) Mark's mistake.
(b) Judas' betrayal.
(c) Jesus' death.
(d) Peter's promotion.

15. What title was Jesus' brother bestowed with?
(a) The Lithe.
(b) The Jinx.
(c) The Honest.
(d) The Just.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say reinterprets the circumstances of Jesus' death?

2. How was James different from Jesus?

3. Which of Jesus' disciples was known as the Beloved Disciple?

4. What does the author say Jesus' crucifixion was based upon?

5. What disease of contemporary society does the author talk about in this section?

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