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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the ethnic background of Jesus?
(a) Islamic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Christian.
(d) Atheist.

5. When are the Gospels written?
(a) After the death of Jesus.
(b) We have no idea.
(c) Jesus wrote them during his lifetime.
(d) Before Jesus was born.

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

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

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

9. Who marries the granddaughter of Augustus Caesar?
(a) Herod Antipas.
(b) Herod the Great.
(c) Caesar Julius.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

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

11. Who writes For the Time Being?
(a) W. H. Auden.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Apostle Paul.
(d) Mariamne Herod.

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

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

14. What does Antiochus try to do to the Jews?
(a) Completely destroy all the people.
(b) Drive them into the Gobi desert.
(c) Enslave them for pyramid building.
(d) Hellenize their culture.

15. What does the name Jesus mean?
(a) He who sees all.
(b) He shall save.
(c) Drawn from water.
(d) God Almighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes So Long, Sweet Jesus?

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

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

4. What is the image Yancey first has of Jesus?

5. How many times does Jesus cry in front of his disciples?

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