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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Why He Came: Chapter 6, The Beatitudes: Lucky are the Unlucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yancey find remarkable about Mary?
(a) Accepted Jesus on his own terms, regardless of the cost.
(b) Jewish and not well born.
(c) Too young to have children.
(d) Managed to have a baby on her own.

2. Who writes So Long, Sweet Jesus?
(a) H. G. Wells.
(b) Billy Graham.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Bill Milliken.

3. Who is in power in Palestine when Jesus is born?
(a) Galilee the Wise.
(b) The council of Hosea.
(c) Herod the Great.
(d) Antiochus.

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

5. Who invited Yancey to the White House?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) President Clinton.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yancey, why are older black people happier than older white people?

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

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?

4. Who marries the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar?

5. How old is Jesus when he dies?

(see the answer key)

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