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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Yancey first get acquainted with Jesus?
(a) College.
(b) Sunday school.
(c) Theological Seminary.
(d) Army chapel services.

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

3. What type of Messiah is Jesus?
(a) People's.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Torah.
(d) King.

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

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

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

7. What typifies the Sadducees?
(a) Collaborated with Greeks and Romans.
(b) Large gregarious families with many parties and celebrations.
(c) Sad and lonely people.
(d) Physically active, liked games and sports.

8. In the middle ages, what do many Christians believe Jesus suffered from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Mental Illness.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Blindness.

9. What does the author M. Scott Peck try to bring about?
(a) Theological dogmatic purity.
(b) Interfaith understanding and tolerance.
(c) Conversion of Islam and Buddhism to Christianity.
(d) A new translation of the Bible.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Yancey say the Gospels assert that Jesus is?
(a) God's own son.
(b) Nice Guy.
(c) Good friend.
(d) Good teacher.

11. What is the physical appearance of Jesus?
(a) Black skin, black hair and eyes.
(b) Tall and handsome, blond and blue eyed.
(c) Asian features, very short and stout.
(d) We don't know.

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

13. How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew?
(a) 15.
(b) 1.
(c) 30.
(d) 4.

14. What does Yancey think the church has turned Jesus into, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Money-making idol.
(b) Boring and predictable person.
(c) Raging Lion of Judah.
(d) Larger than life figure.

15. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?
(a) Jesus of Montreal.
(b) What a Wonderful life.
(c) The Gospel According to St. Matthew.
(d) The Passion of the Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Karamazov write?

2. How many laws do the Pharisees discover?

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

4. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?

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

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