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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the following title: "First Fruits of Them that..."

2. What does the author call Jesus' miracles like walking on water and filling the the fisherman's nets with fish?

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

4. What does the author think that Jesus' casting out of demons is a metaphor for?

5. What does the author say defined the actions and intentions of anyone who helped write the New Testament?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the author quote extensively from the gospel of St. Luke?

5. What does the author say about Barabbas in this section?

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

7. What does the author say was the intention of the resurrection stories?

8. Describe the quotes at the beginning of this section?

9. What were the reasons Jesus went to Jerusalem?

10. What effect did the patrron/client relationship have on Greco-Roman society?

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