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

2. Who directs the silent classic from 1927 "King of Kings"?
(a) Cecil B. DeMille.
(b) George Barker.
(c) Monty Baraza.
(d) George Lucas.

3. When are the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumram?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1647.
(c) 1947.
(d) 2008.

4. What brings Jesus to life for Yancey in Chapter 5?
(a) Theological treatises.
(b) Movies.
(c) Long sermons.
(d) Lifeless flannel board scenes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yancy in Chapter 5, why do people like being where Jesus is?

2. Who directs Jesus of Nazareth?

3. What does Yancey say a major problem is in looking at the historical Jesus?

4. Who is the treasurer for Jesus's disciples?

5. What is the outcome of a betrothed woman committing adultery in Jesus's day?

(see the answer key)

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