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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Yancey object to in modern Christmas cards?
(a) Sentimentality.
(b) Too many words.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Waste of paper.

3. What are Owens's student's reaction to the Sermon on the Mount?
(a) It changed their lives for the better.
(b) Humorous and silly.
(c) Profound and humbling.
(d) They find it offensive and absurd.

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

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

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

7. What does Jesus refuse to do with Satan?
(a) Play by his rules.
(b) Use his power.
(c) Destroy him.
(d) Listen to him.

8. What are the Zealots like?
(a) Rich, generous, and very sociable.
(b) Interested in drama, opera, and art.
(c) Politically conservative, preferred agrarian lifestyle.
(d) Morals police, revolt against impure foreigners.

9. Where are the headquarters of the Wycliffe Bible translators?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) New York City.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

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

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

12. What is the name of the former mouth piece of the Community Party?
(a) Red Forever.
(b) Russia Today.
(c) Pravda.
(d) Brothers and Sisters Unite.

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

14. What does Walter Wink say about Jesus in Chapter 1?
(a) There was no Jesus, we simply threw together a story.
(b) If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.
(c) Jesus was never interested in writing anything down, but we are.
(d) Jesus was not human and therefore not accessible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many laws do the Pharisees discover?

2. According to Yancey, why are older black people happier than older white people?

3. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?

4. What does the name Jesus mean?

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

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