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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. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?
(a) Almost modern and American in appearance.
(b) First century Jew with a phylactery on his wrist.
(c) Perfect image of a Christian man.
(d) A tall blonde man with blue eyes.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Ivan Karamazov write?
(a) Fifth symphony in Bflat.
(b) Jesus, Son of God.
(c) The Brothers Karamozov.
(d) "The Grand Inquisitor" poem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?

2. What is the ethnic background of Jesus?

3. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?

4. What television figure does Yancy compare his early understanding of Jesus to?

5. Where does Jesus spend his first years?

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