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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 Metzger, how many factors are considered in criteria designed to measure a manuscript's appropriateness for inclusion in the New Testament?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. How many experts does the author interview?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

3. What kinds of eyewitness accounts does Strobel seek?
(a) People who do not believe in Jesus.
(b) People who witnessed the murder of a preacher.
(c) People who go to church.
(d) People who personally interacted with Jesus.

4. What is the author's fear as he begins to face Christianity?
(a) That he will have to pay penance for all his sins.
(b) That he will have to give up gambling.
(c) That his wife won't be fun any more.
(d) That he won't be able to drink any more.

5. Who is said to have preserved Jesus' teachings?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Luke.
(c) Mark.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Strobel discover when he reads some of the works that have been excluded from the New Testament?

2. How many years can the core beliefs of the Bible be traced back in relation to the death of Jesus?

3. Which gospel outlines the purpose of its writing as "These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name"?

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

5. What is the Q source?

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