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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jesus's first miracle?
(a) Feeding of the 5000.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Raising Lazarus from the dead.
(d) Turning water into wine.

2. What does Yancey's father die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Polio.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Suicide.

3. How does Jesus command Jairus's daughter to come back to life?
(a) "Rise, and be well!"
(b) "My child, get up!"
(c) "Satan, get behind thee."
(d) "She is only asleep."

4. What did Jesus believe was the true power?
(a) God's thunderbolts.
(b) Love.
(c) Holy Spirit.
(d) Anger.

5. After Jesus feeds the crowd of 5000, what is his next miracle?
(a) Walks on water.
(b) Makes a fish appear out of thin air.
(c) Feeds a crowd of 10,000.
(d) None, that was the last.

6. What is the feeling of the resurrection stories in the Bible?
(a) Sense of revenge against Romans.
(b) Shock.
(c) Just what everyone expected.
(d) Sorrow.

7. What does Yancey say about human preoccupation with the "end times"?
(a) Many ages and eras have believed the end was near.
(b) Jesus never promises an end time.
(c) Now is the only time the concept of end times has appeared.
(d) The disciples were the last to think about the end times.

8. What did the 1st century Zealots want to do?
(a) Ascend into heaven.
(b) Leave and start a new country in Africa.
(c) Fight the Romans.
(d) Take over the religious life of the Jews.

9. Where was George Buttrick serving as chaplain?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Leper colony.
(c) White House.
(d) U.S. Army.

10. How do traditional Jews say the name of God?
(a) God Almighty.
(b) Jehovah.
(c) They do not say it.
(d) Yahweh.

11. What do the Pharisees think of Jesus?
(a) Wise.
(b) True leader.
(c) Deeply intellectual.
(d) Uncouth.

12. What does Christos/Christ mean in Hebrew?
(a) Son of God.
(b) Son of Man.
(c) Christian.
(d) Messiah.

13. What word is on the grandmother's tombstone under the live oak tree?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Invincible.
(c) Reversible.
(d) Forever.

14. What does Yancey criticize about the church in Chapter 8?
(a) Church attracts only respectable types.
(b) Too much emphasis on prayer.
(c) Not enough pressure to give money.
(d) Church is full of disreputable people.

15. What are Samaritians called?
(a) Kind people.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Radicals.
(d) Half-breeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?

2. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear in the gospel of Matthew?

3. Where does Shusaku Endo grow up?

4. What does the priest give out to everyone at the Greek Orthodox Easter service?

5. What is Zacchaeus's profession?

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