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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. Where did Yancey grow up?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Jerusalem, Israel.
(c) London, England.
(d) Kansas City, Kansas.

2. Who writes the play "The Man Born to be King?"
(a) George MacDonald.
(b) Dorothy Sayers.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Thomas Merton.

3. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?
(a) Angry radical political leader.
(b) Intense philosophical giant.
(c) Sweet Victorian nanny holding lambs and smiling.
(d) Ethereal being of light.

4. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

5. What does Walter Wink say about Jesus in Chapter 1?
(a) There was no Jesus, we simply threw together a story.
(b) Jesus was not human and therefore not accessible.
(c) If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.
(d) Jesus was never interested in writing anything down, but we are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the former mouth piece of the Community Party?

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

3. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?

4. What is Jesus' s first official act as an adult?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?

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