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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Who He Was: Chapter 5, Profile: What Would I Have Noticed?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does communism consider religion to be?
(a) "Leftist propaganda."
(b) "The answer to all problems."
(c) "The opiate of the people."
(d) "State sponsored behavior control."

2. Who writes For the Time Being?
(a) Mariamne Herod.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Apostle Paul.
(d) Stalin.

3. According to Yancy in Chapter 5, why do people like being where Jesus is?
(a) Jesus healed people.
(b) Where Jesus is, there is joy.
(c) They don't; people shunned Jesus.
(d) Jesus challenged people to think differently.

4. What is the ethnic background of Jesus?
(a) Christian.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Islamic.

5. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?
(a) Lack of language knowledge.
(b) Political agendas.
(c) Flash forward analysis.
(d) No historical understanding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language does Jesus speak on a daily basis?

3. What does the name Jesus mean?

4. How many people are killed in the earthquake of 31 B.C. in Palestine?

5. What does Yancey do for snowbound weeks in Colorado?

(see the answer key)

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