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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. What was the role of women during Jesus' time?
(a) Supportive and adored.
(b) Encouraging and submissive.
(c) Submissive and supportive.
(d) Leaders and shakers.

2. What specialty is witness Donald Carson known for?
(a) The Biblical Jesus and the Hebrew language.
(b) ThevHistorical Jesus and Greek grammar.
(c) Jesus and Emmanuel.
(d) Jesus, son of Man, and Jesus, son of God.

3. According to Carson, for whom is Hell reserved?
(a) People who don't go to church.
(b) People who don't believe in God.
(c) Self-centered nonrepenters.
(d) Murderers and convicts.

4. What size crowd does the risen Jesus appear to when he addresses the apostles and Peter?
(a) About 500.
(b) About 100.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) About 1,000.

5. According to Habermas, why weren't the sightings of Jesus after his death considered to be hallucinations?
(a) Because the people were credible.
(b) Because they occurred to groups of people.
(c) Because psychologists did not know the word.
(d) Because people didn't have hallucinations back then.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shock did the severe beating Jesus received before his execution create?

2. Other than the gospels, what other New Testament book does Habermas often refer to as evidence?

3. Who visited Jesus' tomb and found it empty?

4. How many signs of mental illness does the Bible's account of Jesus show?

5. What year can Jesus' appearance to the crowd be traced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the typical after-death procedure during Jesus' time?

2. Did Jesus ever deny being God?

3. Why did the people of his era not think Jesus was a madman?

4. What is the role of Joseph of Arimathea?

5. Lapides argues that there is no god other than man. How does a street preacher get him to change his mind?

6. How important was the eyewitness testimony of the women visitors to Jesus' tomb during their time?

7. What began Lapides' rebellion of his family's religion?

8. Why is Gary Habermas' background important to this book?

9. After researching the medical evidence surrounding the death of Christ, what reason does the author determine was the reason that Jesus died?

10. How is the principle of cause and effect reflected in Gary Habermas' testimony regarding the postresurrection appearances of Jesus?

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