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

2. Who does the author say reinterprets the circumstances of Jesus' death?
(a) The People's Movement.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Christian Movement.

3. Which of the following does the author not mention as one of the constraints Jesus lived under?
(a) Faith.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Gender.
(d) Economic.

4. What does the author say the New Testament was trying to echo?
(a) Greek philosophy.
(b) Greek plays.
(c) Roman law.
(d) Old Testament prophecies.

5. Which Greek philosophers does the author say inspired Jesus?
(a) The Cynics.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Virgil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man Jesus was said to have brought to life?

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

4. Complete the following sentence: "careful to distinguish between the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless... the aristocrat and the..."

5. Who did Jesus say was traditionally the beneficiary of a man's success?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the reasons Jesus went to Jerusalem?

2. What influence does the author suggest that the Cynics had on Jesus' teachings?

3. What does the author say about Pontius Pilate?

4. What does the quote at the beginning of part five comment on?

5. How does the author interpret the story of Jesus casting demons into a herd of pigs?

6. How influential does the author think other philosophies were on Jesus' teachings?

7. In what way does the author think Jesus challenged society by touching the leper?

8. In what way does the author think Jesus trod a fine line between the passive and direct forms of confrontation?

9. What do the two quotes at the beginning of the section comment on?

10. What does the author think Jesus was an individualist?

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