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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) Army chapel services.
(b) Sunday school.
(c) Theological Seminary.
(d) College.

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

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

4. How do teachers live in Jesus'sday?
(a) By publishing books.
(b) The state of Israel supports them.
(c) Off the gifts of appreciative listeners.
(d) By charging tuition for their classes.

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

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

7. Who directs Jesus of Nazareth?
(a) Zeffirelli.
(b) Brando.
(c) Huston.
(d) Lucas.

8. Where does Virginia Stem Owens teach?
(a) Texas A & M.
(b) Little Rock College.
(c) Chicago University.
(d) Vermont State Teacher's College.

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

10. What is Jesus' s first official act as an adult?
(a) Writing the book of John.
(b) Raising Lazarus from the dead.
(c) Meeting Satan in the wilderness.
(d) Becoming an official rabbi.

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

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

13. When does Joseph bring his family to Israel?
(a) After Herod the Great dies.
(b) They never came back.
(c) When Jesus is 21.
(d) After the Red Sea is parted.

14. Who writes the play "The Man Born to be King?"
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Thomas Merton.
(c) Dorothy Sayers.
(d) George MacDonald.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Jesus mean?

2. Why does Yancey believe that Jews stopped following Jesus?

3. What is the ethnic background of Jesus?

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

5. What is the outcome of a betrothed woman committing adultery in Jesus's day?

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