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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Testing the Eyewitness Evidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which elements are to blame for inconsistencies in the gospels, according to Blomberg?
(a) Personal differences and priorities.
(b) Fire, ice, water, and air.
(c) The limited means of communications and the lack of mass-produced books.
(d) Paraphrase, abridgment, explanatory additions, selection, and omission.

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

3. What reason does Blomberg give for accepting the gospels as testimony in Strobel's case for Christ?
(a) Sometimes it is important to have faith in things unknown.
(b) He had a vision that told him the information was solid.
(c) Anything other than an accurate portrayal of historical events would negate their message.
(d) It's the only information that's really available.

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

5. How many years can the core beliefs of the Bible be traced back in relation to the death of Jesus?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 125 years.
(c) 400 years.
(d) 33 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three parts into which the author chooses to break the book?

2. What role does the author encourage the reader to take?

3. Why aren't all accounts of the gospel exactly alike, according to Blomberg?

4. Which gospel begins with the writer saying he intends to write "accurately" about all the things he "investigated"?

5. What does the author say the reader must set aside while reading the book?

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