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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must a historian weigh?
(a) Oral traditions.
(b) Only the facts.
(c) Facts, news stories, and rumors.
(d) The way his work will be received by the public.

2. What do Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill have that Jesus does not?
(a) A larger following.
(b) The ability to teach people.
(c) No proof of their actions.
(d) Historical proof of what they said and did.

3. The author states that, unlike figures such as Thomas Jefferson or Winston Churchill, what are the people in this book considered to be?
(a) Divine beings.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Fictional.
(d) Legendary.

4. Where did Jesus spend the majority of his childhood?
(a) Nazareth.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Capernaum.
(d) Israel.

5. The author says that that Jesus cannot be considered a historical figure because of the non-existence of what?
(a) Surviving documents.
(b) Descendents.
(c) Books written about him.
(d) Oral traditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Josephus study?

2. How many others were executed with Jesus?

3. Who was the semi-independent ruler of Palestine during the period that Jesus lived?

4. At one time, examining the life of Jesus was considered what?

5. Around what year does the author believe Jesus was born?

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