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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the third and most difficult vector?
(a) Personal or impersonal.
(b) Literary or Textual.
(c) Physical or mental.
(d) Genus and Fraud.

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

3. What does the name Emmanuel mean?
(a) God is with us.
(b) God is great.
(c) Jesus died for us.
(d) Be happy with what you have.

4. Where did Jesus say men in soft clothing lived?
(a) Palaces.
(b) Underground.
(c) Sheds.
(d) Castles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English translation of the German word quelle?

2. Complete the following sentence "Do not be afraid Mary, for you..."

3. Why does the author think the Christians are uneasy with the idea that John baptized Jesus?

4. Where did the Pharoah order their soldiers to throw the Israelites' babies?

5. What words does the author use to describe John the Baptist's style of preaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Romans want to suppress both John the Baptist and Jesus?

2. What did Jesus teach about the breakup of the family?

3. What did ancient society believe about children that were not accepted by their father?

4. Why does the author state there is a need to search for the historical Jesus?

5. What does the author think Jesus meant by "focus not just on personal or individual abuse of power but on such abuse in its systemic [form]."?

6. What influence does the author say he hopes his book has on Christian research?

7. What does the author say Jesus' parable about mustard seeds implicate?

8. How does the author describe the class structure during Roman times?

9. What is the Q Gospel?

10. What comparisons does the author draw between Luke and Matthew's gospels?

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