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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Blomberg's example, why did people memorize the Old Testament?
(a) Because they were very intelligent.
(b) Because they were instructed to do so.
(c) Histories were passed down orally.
(d) There was nothing else for entertainment.

2. What is the Q source?
(a) A formula for logic.
(b) A proposed formula for logic.
(c) A hypothetical collection of Jesus' sayings and teachings.
(d) Reference to Q. Papias, historian.

3. What was one of the most significant documents Strobel found in his reporting career?
(a) The Watergate tapes.
(b) Shredded weapons of mass destruction documents.
(c) The Chrysler Corporation documentation.
(d) The Ford Pinto documentation.

4. What does Strobel discover when he reads some of the works that have been excluded from the New Testament?
(a) They are interesting but not informative.
(b) They are too far removed from the time Jesus actually lived and walked the earth.
(c) They are informative but not interesting.
(d) They are written by people who were not apostles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the truth about the author's fear?

2. According to Metzger, how many factors are considered in criteria designed to measure a manuscript's appropriateness for inclusion in the New Testament?

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

4. Who is said to have preserved Jesus' teachings?

5. How does the eyewitness discussed in Chapter 1, Part 1 save his own life?

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