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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 Part Six?
(a) The Dogs Beneath the Cross.
(b) How Many Years Was Easter Sunday.
(c) Presents Sent to Deprave.
(d) Days of Yore.

2. Complete the following title: "First Fruits of Them that..."
(a) Sleep.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Die.
(d) Sneeze.

3. What does the author say is the most controversial aspect of his argument?
(a) Claiming they killed the wrong man.
(b) Denying Jesus' existance.
(c) Claiming Jesus was not original.
(d) Factualizing the Crucifixion.

4. What feast does the author talk about in Part Six?
(a) Passover.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Harvest.

5. How does the author think Jesus cured the man of leprosy?
(a) He used God's power.
(b) He muttered a prayer.
(c) He gave him his energy.
(d) He transcended social stigma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Complete the following title: "The Arts of..."

3. Which of the following does the author not mention as one of the constraints Jesus lived under?

4. Whose writings about Jesus' resurrection does the author examine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say is the intention of Jesus' nature miracles?

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

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

4. What does the author say about Pontius Pilate?

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

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

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

8. What were the reasons Jesus went to Jerusalem?

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

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

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