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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believes Jesus did not say 82 percent of what is attributed to him in the gospels?
(a) Strobel.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Richard Hayes.
(d) The Jesus Seminar.

2. What is the author's writing background?
(a) Gospel songs.
(b) Magazine features.
(c) Crime reporting.
(d) Adult fiction.

3. Who asked Jesus if he was the Messiah for whom they were waiting?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Luke.
(c) Mark.
(d) Peter.

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

5. According to Blomberg, what is the gospel based on?
(a) Confessions recorded.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Theory.
(d) Eyewitness material.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what two areas does the author have enough knowledge to bolster his skepticism of Christianity?

2. Of the disciples, how many of the remaining 11 willingly met torturous deaths rather than recant their beliefs?

3. Metzger compares the Bible to what era of other literature?

4. 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"?

5. Which of the author's interviewees has experience as an archeological expert in the Middle East?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Bible like other ancient works?

2. Why did Herod order baby boys to be killed?

3. Who makes up the Jesus Seminar?

4. Who was Luke and what did he write?

5. Who was John Mark and what did he write?

6. In what language are the four languages of the secondary manuscripts written that authenticate the reliablity of the gospels?

7. What, according to the gospel, is John's purpose in writing the information?

8. What sparks the author's interest in the case for Christ?

9. What is the author's professional background?

10. List one of the three reasons that a document might have been omitted from the New Testament.

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