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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Yancey, what is the primary emotion in most religions when one approaches God?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Anger.

4. How does Yancey describe Jesus in Chapter 3?
(a) Almost modern and American in appearance.
(b) Perfect image of a Christian man.
(c) A tall blonde man with blue eyes.
(d) First century Jew with a phylactery on his wrist.

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

6. What does Yancey do for snowbound weeks in Colorado?
(a) Almost dies.
(b) Read the Bible.
(c) Pray for help.
(d) Loses his faith.

7. When is the document by Publius Lentulus forged?
(a) 60.
(b) 1514.
(c) 1313.
(d) 1950.

8. According to Yancey, what kind of man was Tolstoy?
(a) Simply a bundle of joy and hope.
(b) A great friend, husband, and sweetheart to all.
(c) A deeply unhappy man.
(d) The best father ever.

9. Where does Yancey teach the Beatitudes?
(a) Radio 101.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Class at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago.
(d) His son's preschool.

10. Where does Jesus spend his first years?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) London.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Far East.

11. How many people are killed in the earthquake of 31 B.C. in Palestine?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 300.
(d) 150.

12. What magazine is Jimmy Carter famously interviewed about lust in?
(a) Playboy.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Christianity Today.

13. What is the outcome of a betrothed woman committing adultery in Jesus's day?
(a) Death by stoning.
(b) Sent to Egypt.
(c) No communion for a month.
(d) It was not a problem.

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

15. Who are the 'Jesus freaks' referred to in Chapter 1?
(a) Mentally ill patients.
(b) Roman Catholic nuns.
(c) Middle class white collar workers.
(d) Unkempt, disheveled radicals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Walter Wink say about Jesus in Chapter 1?

3. How many times is the Augustus Caesar mentioned in the Bible?

4. What brings Jesus to life for Yancey in Chapter 5?

5. How does Albert Schweitzer interpret the Sermon on the Mount?

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