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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What worries Yancey about modern Christians and politicians?
(a) Everyone should be voting for Christian politicians.
(b) Christians should run for office more often.
(c) Christians are courted by savvy politicians.
(d) Politicians don't realize how powerful Christians are.

5. How are Roman citizens executed?
(a) Beheading.
(b) Poison.
(c) Shot through the heart.
(d) Crucifixion.

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

7. What is a basic reason Yancey is open to believing the Easter story?
(a) It is based in proven fact.
(b) Most people do believe it.
(c) It has lasted 2000 years.
(d) He wants it to be true.

8. What does a Pharisee do according to Greg, in Chapter 8?
(a) Looks down on other people.
(b) Follows God's law.
(c) Makes up rules.
(d) Ruins heaven.

9. Where is the opening quote of Chapter 8 from?
(a) Peter's letter to the Epistles.
(b) The Merchant of Venice.
(c) Mission: Impossible.
(d) Gospel of Matthew.

10. What do modern Christians call the final week of Jesus?
(a) Gethsemane.
(b) Holy Week.
(c) Walk to the cross.
(d) End Game.

11. What does Mother Teresa try to provide for leprosy patients?
(a) A place where they feel wanted.
(b) Separation from society.
(c) An easy death.
(d) Drugs and x-rays.

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

13. Why does the leprosy patient cry when Dr. Brand greets him?
(a) He felt lost and alone.
(b) He was frightened.
(c) It hurt when Dr. Brand shook his hand.
(d) No one had touched him in many years.

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

15. What does "Deus Absconditus" mean?
(a) God Absolutely.
(b) Where is God now?
(c) Absence of Deus.
(d) Deity Neigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the New Testament Jews refer to God?

2. What for Yancey does the Old Testament underscore?

3. What did Constantine do that changed Christianity forever?

4. What do Peter and Judas have in common?

5. What is the Ascension?

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