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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which authority figure does the author describe as charming?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) King Herod.

3. Complete the following title: " A Respected Member of the..."
(a) Empire.
(b) Church.
(c) Government.
(d) Council.

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

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

6. The man who asked for Jesus' body after His death was Joseph of ______________.
(a) Arimathea.
(b) Tel Aviv.
(c) Bethlehem.
(d) Nazareth.

7. What does the author say Jesus was trying to break down?
(a) The socio-spiritual status quo.
(b) Roman oppression.
(c) Boundaries between countries.
(d) Class distinction.

8. Whose leadership did Jesus establish during the miracle of the loaves and the bread?
(a) St.Paul's.
(b) St. David's.
(c) St. Peter's.
(d) St. Joseph's.

9. What does the author say was a key aspect of the Greco-Roman culture of that time?
(a) The patron/client relationship.
(b) The working-class/upper class relationship.
(c) The God/public relationship.
(d) The European/African relationship/

10. What is the meal that the author mentions in Part Seven?
(a) Bread and fish.
(b) Biscuits and gravy.
(c) Beef stew.
(d) Sausage and gravy.

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

12. Complete the following title: "A Corpse for the... "
(a) Wild Beasts.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Faithless.
(d) The Pretty Boys.

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

14. What does the author say he is searching once again in Chapter Six?
(a) Homer's poems.
(b) The scriptures.
(c) The light.
(d) The darkness.

15. What is the first idea that the author challenges about Jesus in this section?
(a) Jesus was not Jewish.
(b) He did not send out twelve apostles to spread his word.
(c) He did not walk on water.
(d) Judas did not betray him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author think may have been the true author of the Gospel of St. Mark?

2. What does the author say the resurrection stories were based on?

3. What is the title of the epilogue?

4. What feast does the author talk about in Part Six?

5. Why does the author claim Jesus' followers developed stories about what happened to Jesus' body?

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