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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 does the author say the Cynics challenged?
(a) Class systems.
(b) The need for war.
(c) Dietary matters.
(d) Traditional ideas.

2. Which stories does the author break down and analyze at the end of this section?
(a) The resurrection stories.
(b) The crucific stories.
(c) The burial stories.
(d) The birth stories.

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

4. What does the author say Jesus' crucifixion was based upon?
(a) Interpretation.
(b) Myth.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) Fact.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author call an ordinary second-rank Roman governor?

2. Who does the author say was an important part of Jesus' traveling ministry?

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

4. Complete the following sentence: "extended to others as both challenge and ..."

5. What is the title of the epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the reasons Jesus went to Jerusalem?

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

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

7. In what way could Christians have a problem with the author factualizing the crucifixion?

8. Why did Jesus' followers reinterpret history to suit their own purposes?

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

10. Why does the author think crucifixion was the ultimate form of punishment?

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