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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 of what the church brings?
(a) He thinks the church should be destroyed.
(b) It is all bad.
(c) Both light and darkness.
(d) It is all good.

2. What does the Bible say about why Judas betrayed Jesus?
(a) Satan entered him.
(b) He wanted to be Jesus.
(c) Jealousy was in him.
(d) He wanted money.

3. What does Yancey say is the message of Jesus's miracles?
(a) Early glimpses of what is to come.
(b) Only God can heal.
(c) Jesus is God.
(d) Miracles happen randomly.

4. What do Peter and Judas have in common?
(a) They had nothing in common.
(b) Related by blood, cousins.
(c) They were both very old.
(d) They both betrayed Jesus.

5. What is missing from Thomas Jefferson's version of the New Testament?
(a) Faith.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Disciples.

6. What miracle is the last great "sign"?
(a) Raising Lazarus.
(b) Holy Spirit.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Ascension.

7. Who killed the kitten?
(a) Rooster.
(b) Veterinarian.
(c) Pugs, the Boston Terrier.
(d) Wild foxes.

8. How many times does the word "kingdom" appear in the gospel of Matthew?
(a) 2.
(b) 600.
(c) 55.
(d) 6.

9. Where does Jesus pray for hours before he is arrested?
(a) Garden of Gethsemane.
(b) Calvary.
(c) Upper Room.
(d) Basement under the temple.

10. What does Jesus do at the last supper that Yancey finds surprising?
(a) Paints a picture of heaven.
(b) Gives a speech.
(c) Sits with Mary.
(d) Washes his disciples' feet.

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

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

13. What does Jesus ask of God in his final prayers?
(a) Take this cup from me.
(b) Give me the power to vanquish Herod.
(c) Lift me immediately to heaven.
(d) Kill Pontius Pilate so I won't be hurt.

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

15. Who writes the poem that opens Chapter 12?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) King David.
(c) Robert Byrns.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the name Judas died out?

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

3. What does Dr. Paul Brand specialize in?

4. What does Yancey believe about the gospel of Jesus?

5. What does Yancey think Easter makes Jesus?

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