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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 television figure does Yancy compare his early understanding of Jesus to?
(a) Mr. Rogers.
(b) Dr. Who.
(c) James Bond.
(d) Captain Kangaroo.

2. How many times is the Augustus Caesar mentioned in the Bible?
(a) Thousand times.
(b) Ten times.
(c) Fifty times.
(d) One time.

3. What does Yancey want to answer with this book, according to Chapter 1?
(a) What is the point of life?
(b) Who was Jesus?
(c) Why was there a Jesus?
(d) What would Jesus do?

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

5. Who are the 'Jesus freaks' referred to in Chapter 1?
(a) Unkempt, disheveled radicals.
(b) Middle class white collar workers.
(c) Roman Catholic nuns.
(d) Mentally ill patients.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Joseph bring his family to Israel?

3. How old is Jesus when he dies?

4. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?

5. What does Yancey think the church has turned Jesus into, according to Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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