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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Who He Was: Chapter 2, Birth: The Visited Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does H. G. Wells say Jesus is important?
(a) His Jewish background is unique.
(b) Jesus is the son of God.
(c) What Jesus left continues to grow.
(d) Caused a turning point in history.

3. What does the word "gospel" mean?
(a) Book of rules.
(b) God's spell.
(c) Good Riddance.
(d) Good News.

4. How old is Jesus when he dies?
(a) We don't know.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 33.

5. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?
(a) Too many words.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Waste of paper.
(d) Sentimentality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Zealots like?

2. How does the Lakota tribe refer to Jesus?

3. Who are the 'Jesus freaks' referred to in Chapter 1?

4. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?

5. When does Yancey first get acquainted with Jesus?

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