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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Gospel of Mark say about why Jesus chose the Twelve?
(a) "That night and day might be full of hope."
(b) "That they might be with him."
(c) "That the end might be the beginning."
(d) "That they might write down what he says."

2. How many emendations do the Pharisees add to the law?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 1,521.
(c) 55.
(d) 5.

3. Who writes the play "The Man Born to be King?"
(a) Thomas Merton.
(b) George MacDonald.
(c) Dorothy Sayers.
(d) Tolstoy.

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

5. How many times does Jesus cry in front of his disciples?
(a) Never.
(b) 3.
(c) 14.
(d) 55.

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

7. What language does Jesus speak on a daily basis?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Aramaic.
(d) Greek.

8. Where is Laszlo Tokes from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Romania.

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

10. Why is Yancey drawn to Jesus, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Jesus is the dividing point of Yancey's life.
(b) It is God's will.
(c) Yancey can't say why.
(d) Jesus's teaching is so complicated.

11. What does supersessionism mean?
(a) There is no way to suppress Christianity.
(b) Suppression of religion is good.
(c) Some religions grow out of and supersede others.
(d) Super religion suppresses other lesser religion.

12. What is General Schwarzkopf's message in Chapter 6?
(a) Blessed are the violent.
(b) Blessed are the strong.
(c) Blessed are the weak.
(d) Blessed is the military.

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

14. How does the Lakota tribe refer to Jesus?
(a) Peace Giver.
(b) Buffalo calf of God.
(c) Lamb of God.
(d) Son of Almighty.

15. How old was Tolstoy when he wrote Resurrection?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 71.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jesus refuse to do with Satan?

2. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?

3. How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew?

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

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

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