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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Metzger say discrepancies in the New Testament are inconsequential?
(a) The language has changed since then.
(b) They don't affect doctrine.
(c) They are minor.
(d) Some of their phrases do not exist in today's culture.

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

3. 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 his wife won't be fun any more.
(c) That he won't be able to drink any more.
(d) That he will have to give up gambling.

4. Who, in Blomberg's example, memorized the Old Testament?
(a) Noah.
(b) Methusalah.
(c) The apostles.
(d) Rabbis.

5. When the law changed and the Chicago crime leader was retried, what was used to get a guilty verdict?
(a) Crime-scene reinacting.
(b) Corroborating evidence.
(c) A polygraph machine.
(d) Circumstancial evidence.

6. Why was Jeffry McDonald certain a jury would not convict him?
(a) He had an alibi.
(b) He had a trial before a judge, not a jury.
(c) Most of them had been his patients.
(d) He paid them bribes.

7. Of the disciples, how many of the remaining 11 willingly met torturous deaths rather than recant their beliefs?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

8. Metzger compares the Bible to what era of other literature?
(a) Medieval.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Classic.

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

10. What impact do the writings of the apostle Paul have on the New Testament?
(a) They have no impact.
(b) They show faith in action among the apostles.
(c) They create more questions.
(d) They corroborate New Testament accounts.

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

12. Jesus is known as Son of God and Son of what?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Herod.
(c) The Jews.
(d) Man.

13. According to Yamauchi, what put expansion of Christianity on hold temporarily?
(a) Jesus left Jerusalem.
(b) Jesus' death.
(c) Jesus' miracles.
(d) Jesus' resurrection.

14. What was the most important aspect of the documents Strobel discovered?
(a) They were authentic.
(b) They boosted his career.
(c) They were created just for him.
(d) They were given to him by an insider snitch.

15. Where did Jesus face temptation?
(a) At the well.
(b) In the wilderness.
(c) At the temple.
(d) At his baptism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the clues left at a crime scene help investigators determine?

2. What is the second test the author applies to decide whether it is the gospel writers' intention to preserve history accurately?

3. In the introduction, how long do we learn was the author's spiritual journey?

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

5. On what is the current Bible based on?

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