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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) There are three Johns, and no one knows which one wrote it.
(d) If Saul changed his name to Paul, he likely went by John as well.

2. What kind of evidence was Jeffry McDonald's conviction based on?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Circumstantial.
(c) A lie detector test.
(d) Psychological.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Why was Jeffry McDonald certain a jury would not convict him?

4. What crime was Jeffry McDonald accused of committing?

5. Which historian claims that Matthew and Peter are the authors of the gospels?

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