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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Who He Was: Chapter 4, Temptation: Showdown in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yancey believe that Jews stopped following Jesus?
(a) The Jews were persecuted for following Jesus.
(b) Jesus was not the Messiah the Jews were expecting.
(c) The Jews found a different man to be the Messiah.
(d) Jesus was too radical and not well liked.

2. What does Satan ask Jesus to turn a stone into?
(a) Loaf of bread.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Dove.

3. Who writes For the Time Being?
(a) Mariamne Herod.
(b) Stalin.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) Apostle Paul.

4. What does Antiochus try to do to the Jews?
(a) Enslave them for pyramid building.
(b) Drive them into the Gobi desert.
(c) Completely destroy all the people.
(d) Hellenize their culture.

5. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?
(a) Jesus of Montreal.
(b) The Passion of the Christ.
(c) What a Wonderful life.
(d) The Gospel According to St. Matthew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?

2. When are the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumram?

3. What is the outcome of a betrothed woman committing adultery in Jesus's day?

4. What typifies the Sadducees?

5. Who is in power in Palestine when Jesus is born?

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