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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the German Christian Church admire in 1933?
(a) Helmut Thielicke.
(b) Adolf Hitler.
(c) David Koresh.
(d) Jim Jones.

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

5. What does communism consider religion to be?
(a) "Leftist propaganda."
(b) "The opiate of the people."
(c) "The answer to all problems."
(d) "State sponsored behavior control."

6. In the movie La Dolce Vita, what is the helicopter ferrying?
(a) Flocks of gulls.
(b) Small house made of gold.
(c) Giant statue of Jesus.
(d) Glass angels.

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

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

9. Who writes In His Steps?
(a) John Mantle.
(b) Jack Robins.
(c) Phil Yancey.
(d) Charles Sheldon.

10. What is the Golden Rule?
(a) Gold is not worth its weight.
(b) Do to others as you would have them do to you.
(c) Give to the poor more than to the rich.
(d) Get all you can when you can.

11. In Chapter 6, what does Yancey admit to being?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Republican.
(d) Racist.

12. Where does Yancey teach his film class on Jesus?
(a) South Bend Indiana Presbyterian College.
(b) 82nd Street YMCA in New York City.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) LaSalle Street Church.

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

14. What does Satan get from the Temptation episode?
(a) Free reign to keep doing what he wants.
(b) Victory over God's will.
(c) Power over Jesus.
(d) A partner in crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tolstoy when he wrote Resurrection?

2. What is the movie that Yancey saw in 1971 that portrayed a very different kind of Jesus?

3. Who is the treasurer for Jesus's disciples?

4. How does a commentary Yancey mentions translate "Blessed are the poor in spirit"?

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

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