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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. In the movie La Dolce Vita, what is the helicopter ferrying?
(a) Flocks of gulls.
(b) Glass angels.
(c) Small house made of gold.
(d) Giant statue of Jesus.

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

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

4. How many Jews live in the Roman Empire in the first century?
(a) 500.
(b) 500 million.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 8 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes For the Time Being?

2. When does Joseph bring his family to Israel?

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

4. Who directs the silent classic from 1927 "King of Kings"?

5. Where does Jesus spend his first years?

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