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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Corroborating Evidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which centuries decided almost unanimously which books to include in the New Testament?
(a) The first five.
(b) The first one.
(c) The first ten.
(d) The first two.

2. Why aren't all accounts of the gospel exactly alike, according to Blomberg?
(a) Because they are not vaild.
(b) Because different writers are impacted by different events.
(c) Because the written ones were lost.
(d) Because oral histories are not word for word.

3. What creates doubt regarding the authorship of the Gospel of John?
(a) If Saul changed his name to Paul, he likely went by John as well.
(b) There are three Johns, and no one knows which one wrote it.
(c) Reference to the apostle John and John the Elder.
(d) At one point in a verse, it makes reference to John.

4. Who was the second person to record that Peter's firsthand accounts were accurate?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Peter himself.
(d) Papias.

5. How does the eyewitness discussed in Chapter 1, Part 1 save his own life?
(a) By talking his way out of a bad situation.
(b) By pretending to be dead.
(c) By handing over his wallet.
(d) By lying in court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does Metzger cite for the New Testament?

2. Who, in Blomberg's example, memorized the Old Testament?

3. What did Josephus' writings prove?

4. Why does Metzger say discrepancies in the New Testament are inconsequential?

5. What means written by an apostle or followers of the apostles?

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